- The initiative, aligned with the Renewed Hope Agenda of President Bola Tinubu, also involves training 120,000 frontline health workers
The Federal Government has announced plans to increase Primary Healthcare Centres (PHCs) from the current 8,300 to 17,600 over the next four years, with 9,300 new additions.
Coordinating Minister for Health and Social Welfare, Prof Ali Pate, shared this during a meeting of the Northeast Forum of Health Commissioners in Maiduguri.
The initiative, aligned with the Renewed Hope Agenda of President Bola Tinubu, also involves training 120,000 frontline health workers.
Pate, represented by Dr Muyi Aina, Executive Director of the National Primary Healthcare Development Agency, emphasized the importance of coordinated efforts for efficient, equitable, and quality healthcare services, particularly in addressing health challenges in the North East.
Pate said, “The Nigerian Health Sector Renewal Investment Programme, which encapsulates our strategic vision for the sector was geared towards a cohesive common goal to save lives, reduce both physical and financial pains, and produce health for all Nigerians.”
In his remarks, the Executive Governor of Borno State, Prof Baba Zulum, called on the World Health Organisation to fulfil its promises to the state, adding that the reduction and management of Tuberculosis, the provision of DNA machines for gender-based violence management, and the construction of hospitals some Local Governments should be a priority.
Zulum said, “These promises were not mere expressions of goodwill; they represented lifelines for our people, for mothers delivering children, for victims of unimaginable violence, for entire communities struggling against diseases.”
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