By Mansur Danjuma Senchi
The Kebbi State Ministry of Health, USAID Nigeria State Accountability, Transparency and Effectiveness (State 2 State), stakeholders in the state health sector and Development Partners are drawing up a 5 year strategic development plan, 2025-2029 to achieve healthcare service delivery for the state.
In his wellcome address, the Commissioner for Health, Comrade Yunusa Musa Ismail said the five year strategic plan will serve as a policy document to guide the ministry towards improving the Healthcare Services in the State.
The Commissioner who was represented by the Permanent Secretary of the Ministry, Dr Shehu Nuhu Koko noted that the last SP document of the ministry has expired and the need to review it has come on board.
He thanked the participants for spearing their time to develop the new SP document while acknowledging the state Government, under the leadership of Comrade Dr Nasir Idris (Kauran Gwandu) for prioritizing the Health sector.
The Commissioner also extol the contribution of the USAID State2State for supporting the ministry and it's agencies towards strengthening the healthcare services of the State.
Comrade Yunusa Musa also informed the gathering that the State Government will soon employ health personnel in an effort to reduce the gap of inadequate Workforce in the facilities and improve the services.
In his speech, the Special Advisor to the Governor on Healthcare Matters, Dr Aminu Haliru Bunza urged the participants to work hard to produce acceptable and sustainable SP document that will go inline with economic, social and cultural realities of the state.
He prayed Allah to guide the gathering to produce the SP document that will be useful to the ministry and the generality of the people of the State.
Similarly, the Permanent Secretary Ministry of Budget and Economic Planning Hajiya Aishatu Usman described the initiative as timely explaining that the SP if fully developed will enable the ministry focus on improving the health sector of the State.
The Director Planning Research and Statistics of the Ministry, Alhaji Bala Isah Kamba urged all participants and programme officers to avail themselves with the opportunity provided to them to comeup with acceptable SP document for the year 2024-2029.
In their separate goodwill messages, the representative of WHO Mrs Mathias Ifeyinwa, State Coodinator Health Workforce Management, Alhaji Nasiru Saadu Fakai and State Team Lead, USAID State2State, Mr Usman Feleye thanked the ministry for coming up with the initiative and assured their support at all time.
The four-day programme featured group work, group presentations, questions and answers and was facilitated by Mr Olatunji Awoleye of IREEP NIG LTD who served as lead consultant on the Kebbi State 2024-2029 Strategy Health Development Plan (KSSHDP).
The programme was attended by Executive Secretaries of KSPHCDA, Alhaji Abubakar Muhammad, DCMA Pharmacist Aminu Usman, representative of KECHEMA, Ibrahim Salisu Illo, Provost, College of Nursing Sciences, Murtala Musa and that of College of Health Sciences and Technology, Alhaji Saadu Haruna Sauwa.
Others include, Directors from the Ministry of Health, Ministry of Budget and Economic Planning, KECHEMA, SPHCDA as well as the Secretary House Committee on Health, Aminu Abdullahi.
The rest include, the State Chairman NMA, Dr Murtala Muhammad Dandare, Chairman PMOs Farum, Dr Emmanuel Ehiem, State Malaria Programme Manager, Nasiru Umar Zagga, HMISO KSPHCDA, Lauwal Shuaibu Fana, Deputy Director Public Health, Usman Magaji, Assistant Director Medical Services, Dr Muhammad Jamilu, CSOs Comrade Ibrahim Ngaski as well as Health system strengthening specialist of USAID State2State Mr Bode Badejo among others.
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