Dr Mojisola Yaya Kolade declaring open the capacity building workshop on Primary Health Care tool for health facility assessment in Ado Ekiti
The commissioner for Health and Human services in Ekiti State, Dr Mojisola Yaya -Kolade has charged all Ekiti residents to key into all the health programmes of the present Administration that are geared towards ensuring better and healthy communities.
Dr. Kolade gave the charge while declaring opened a Capacity building training organized for data Enumerators, Focal persons, State supervisors and state monitors on Primary Health Care tool for health facility assessment in readiness for the takeoff of Basic Healthcare Provision Fund programme aimed at ensuring Universal Healthcare Coverage for all Nigerians.
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The commissioner expressed deep appreciation to the President Muhammad Buhari’s led Federal Government for extending the Fund to Ekiti state without delay.
She added that Governor Kayode Fayemi led Administration is doing everything possible to ensure that all Ekiti residents and communities have access to good and quality health through adequate funding of Basic health centres and other health facilities across the state as well as Ekiti state Health Insurance scheme.
Earlier in her remarks, the Permanent Secretary Ministry of Health and Human Services ,Dr Folakemi Olomojobi noted that the Basic Healthcare Provision Fund was timely considering the health needs of Ekiti people and financial challenges faced to access quality health care .
Dr . Olomojobi charged the Enumerators to be professional in the discharge of their duty while on field and give attention to all details so as to know the state of the health facilities across the state.
She thanked the team that came from the Federal Ministry of Health, National Primary Healthcare Agency, NHIS, and other relevant agencies that have contributed to ensuring the success of the programme.
In his contribution, the team lead from the Federal Ministry of Health, Dr. Anthony Ogbe described the efforts and readiness of Ekiti state Government as highly commendable noting that the Basic Healthcare Provision Fund is part of the Federal Government approach to ensure Universal HealthCare Coverage for all Niger
