Nasarawa Concludes Plan to Revitalizes 58 Primary Healthcare by June
By Amina Mohammed, Lafia
Nasarawa State Government has concluded plans to Revitalizes 58 Primary Healthcare across the state by June, 2025.
The Executive Secretary, Nasarawa State Primary Healthcare Agency, Dr. Usman Saleh, stated this when he hosted the correspondence chapel of the Nigeria Union of Journalists (NUJ), on a courtesy visit in his office in Lafia, the state capital.
He said that the revitalisation project, which is being supported by the World Bank and other partners, aims to upgrade the infrastructure and equipment of the selected health facilities, ensuring that they provide comprehensive and quality healthcare services to the population.
Dr Saleh revealed that, the project is part of the state’s efforts to achieve universal health coverage and ensure accessible, affordable and quality healthcare services to all residents.
The Executive Secretary noted that the project is expected to be completed by June this year.
“We are committed to ensuring that our citizens have access to quality healthcare services, and this project is a significant step towards achieving that goal.
“Primary health care is not only supported by state. We have most of partners, including World Bank and others. They are supporting us and most of these supporters and partners have a template that they want us to follow and we must make sure that the template is followed.
“We have 147 electoral wards in Nasarawa State and each ward is expected to have one, same for each ward across the country.
“So by Nigerian government, it’s expected that by the end of 2025, all these facilities, including the 147 in Nasarawa state must be functional and revitalised to provide 24 hours services.”
He lauded the Governor Abdullahi Sule for prioritising the healthcare of the citizens of the state, adding that the governor is committed to affordable and accessible health care delivering across the state.
He, therefore called for collaboration with stakeholders, including the media, to ensure it succeed.
“We value the role of the media in promoting health awareness and education, and we look forward to working closely with you to ensure that our citizens are informed about the services available to them.”
Meanwhile, the Chairman of the Correspondent Chapel of the NUJ, Mr Isaac Ukpoju, congratulated the Executive Secretary, Dr Saleh, on his appointment as the head of state’s agency, expressing their willingness to partner and support the agency’s mission to provide quality healthcare to the people of the State.
Ukpoju who led the courtesy visit, commended the state government for the appointment, stating that it was a demonstration of the governor’s commitment to the health sector.
He also highlighted the chapel’s smooth working relationship with the state government, particularly in information dissemination and expressed the chapel’s willingness to project the agency’s mission and activities.
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