Abia State News Special Report
ABIA LOCAL GOVERNMENTS GET MARCHING ORDER ON EMPLOYMENT OF HEALTH PERSONNEL
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Afnews Editor
Aug 11, 2019
Abia state government has directed the 17 local government
transition committee chairmen and the relevant health agencies to ensure that
only qualified healthcare personnel are employed to head the 291 healthcare
centres in various wards of the state.
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The governor said that the aim was to ensure provision of
quality health care delivery services to the people at the grassroots.
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Governor Okezier Ikpeazu who gave the charge while declaring
open the stakeholders meeting on local government area Assessment ; Synthesis
and Action planning meeting health at Damgrete Hotel, Umuahia , reiterated
government committed towards giving serious impetus to the primary health care
institute in the state by partnering with all donor agencies to ensure that the
health care needs of Abians are met.
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Represented by his deputy, Sir Ude Oko Chukwu, Dr Ikpeazu
pointed out that the interest federal and state government's attached to the
issue of primary health care under one roof led to it being superintended by the various deputy governors on the belief
that the challenges in the healthcare sector can only be address if adequate
attention and impetus are given to the primary health.
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He applauded their coming to the state to carry out an
assessment exercise on health care delivery at the various local government
areas and assured that government would not renege on its promise of paying all
the necessary counterpart funds to donor agencies in the health sector.
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In his address, the Executive Secretary, Abia State Primary
Health Care Development Agency, Dr. Chinagozi Adindu stated that the essence of
the meeting was to access what has been done in the primary health care as no
nation can survive without a robust health for its citizens.
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He thanked the Abia state government for paying its
counterpart funds of over N150m to qualify for the basis Abia state fund which
has helped immensely in rendering health care for Abians .
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In their goodwill messages, the representative of the
National Primary Health Care Development Agency, Mr. Adeshina Adelekun, the WHO
Representative, Sir Peter Ezeugwu and the state Team leader from Health Policy
Plus, Sylvester Ikejide said the Health Care under one roof programme could not
have be achieved success without support from the Abia State government and
implored custodians of the primary health care and participants to utilize and
monitor the programme for success.
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The meeting was
attended by the T.C Chairmen of the 17 local
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government areas in
the state led by their chairman, Chief P.C Onyegbu, stakeholders in the health
sector and various Resource persons.
