USAID, Kebbi govt seeks support for PHCs
A three-day workshop organised by the United States Agency for International Development State2State has promised to collaborate with ministries, departments and agencies in Kebbi State to boost its budget to support primary health centres.
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The USAID State2State Team Lead, Usman Faleye, disclosed this, according to a statement on Saturday, noting that the focus of the meeting was on the health sector to ensure that its budget is increased and more funds are released to the sector in the state.
Faleye said, “The training will help the state to improve on its budget allocation to the ministry as well hasten the releases that will help in primary health care and other related health sectors.”
The Permanent Secretary of the Ministry of Budget and Economic Planning in the state, Hajia Aisha Usman, acknowledged that the state had not had it so good before the training, which she described as an “eye-opener.”
“The three-day workshops on budget profiling and cash management procedures were very impactful as they gave the state the idea of the expenditure for each month and enabled the state to plan correctly before having such expenditure,” she added.
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