President Muhammadu Buhari has approved the establishment of three more orthopedic hospitals across the country.
The Minister of Health, Osagie Ehanire, disclosed this on Wednesday at the official inauguration of the Primary Health Care(PHC) Leadership Challenge at the State House Banquet Hall, Abuja.
The event was organised by the Nigeria Governors’ Forum (NGF) in partnership with development partners.
“The president has approved three more national orthopedic hospitals; one per geo-political zone.
“North-east has one; the North-central has one and the South-south has one; in Benin, Jos and Jalingo respectively,’’ he said.
On his part, Country Director, Bill and Belinda Gates Foundation, Jeremie Zoungrana, said that the PHC Challenge fund represented a unique opportunity to motivate and publicly recognise ownership and leadership at the subnational level.
He said that the PHC health indicators would be tracked to support the NGF build Governor-level accountability, improve performance management, and enhance investments in critical areas of PHC.
“The challenge fund will also leverage other BMGF investments that focus on improving state level data ownership, analysis, quality, and use,” he said.
The Minister of Finance, Hajia Zainab Ahmed, also spoke at the event.
She disclosed that a total sum of N471.9 billioni had so far been disbursed by the Federal government as grant to states under the 1.5 billion dollars World Bank-Assisted States Fiscal…
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