NPHCDA ranks Jigawa high for Effective Utilisation of Basic Health Provision Fund

By Umar Alabira, Dutse

National Primary Healthcare Development Agency (NPHCDA) has commended the Jigawa state government for effective utilization of the Basic Health Provision Fund.

The Executive Director of the Agency, Dr Faisal Shu’aib gave the commendation when he monitored the Primary Health centre in Andaza in Kiyawa local government area of Jigawa state that benefitted from the fund yesterday.

He said that the collaboration between the Federal and Jigawa state givernments through the Basic Health Provision Fund had yielded good result at the centre.

“Before the upgrade under the fund, the facility didn’t have the capacity to receive deliveries. But after the upgrade, it received several deliveries per month.

Dr Shu’aib said based on reports from the facility, there has never been a single case of maternal mortality at the facility in the four years of the intervention.

According to him that is inline with the health agenda of Tinubu administration on reducing maternal mortality rate in Nigeria.

He also expressed satisfaction with the commitment of the state Governor Umar Namadi, in improving the quality of healthcare in the state.

The Executive Director of the NPHCDA was in Jigawa state to monitor the Federal government Healthcare intervention Funds.

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