The Nigerian Government has handed over reproductive health equipment and commodities to the Gombe State Government to enhance healthcare delivery across Primary Health Centres, in the state.
Speaking at the handover ceremony in Gombe, the Coordinating Minister of Health and Social Welfare, Professor Muhammad Ali Pate said the intervention aims to complement the efforts of the Gombe State Government in strengthening primary healthcare services.
“You have done a lot to expand access to primary healthcare, but as part of the sector-wide approach, the Nigerian Government is also contributing its share to ensure that PHCs deliver quality care for women, children and vulnerable populations.
“These equipment and commodities are meant for primary healthcare centres across all the local government areas of Gombe State,” the Minister stated.
Pate further commended the state for its investments through the Primary Healthcare Development Agency and the contributory health scheme, Go-Health.
He noted that “the Nigerian Government is committed to working in synergy with the state to achieve the renewed hope agenda of President Bola Ahmed Tinubu in the health sector.”
“This initiative is being implemented across the 36 states of the federation, but we are beginning with Gombe. Other states will follow, in line with President Bola Tinubu’s Renewed Hope Agenda in the health sector,” he added.
Receiving the items on behalf the Gombe state government, Governor Yahaya commended President Bola Ahmed Tinubu for his administration’s continued support to the state’s healthcare sector.
He described the intervention as timely and critical to the realisation of his government’s health agenda.
The Governor noted that Gombe State had prioritised healthcare reforms, including the revitalisation of PHCs, recruitment of health workers among others. He emphasised that the additional support from the Nigerian Government would further strengthen the system and complement state-level initiatives.
The State Coordinator of the National Primary Health Care Development Agency, NPHCDA, Mr. Abba Ibrahim Musa, explained that “the items were provided to strengthen maternal and child health services, as well as improve access to reproductive healthcare and ensure that frontline facilities are better equipped to meet the needs of the people.”
He stated that the items provided; include delivery beds, ultrasound machines with fetal dopplers, baby resuscitation workstations, hospital beds and mattresses, baby cots, suction machines, microscopes, weighing scales, diagnostic sets, blood pressure monitors, and 25 solar-powered refrigerators for vaccine storage.
The supplies also include essential medicines such as antimicrobials, anti-malaria drugs, pain relievers, medicines for maternal care, and family planning commodities.