Kwara sets aside about N16m for fistula, said Commisioner

Date: 2017-08-13

The commissioner for health in Kwara State, Dr Sulaiman Alege, said about N16million was budgeted and already partly released in a bid to eradicate obstetric fistula in the state.

The Commissioner announced this during the formal opening of free fistula repairs organised by the Kwara State Government in conjunction with the EngenderHealth, implementing partners of USAID, held at Kwara State Specialist hospital, Sobi, Kwara state.

He explained that part of the money will be used to support the free fistula repair programs, adding that, the state plans to increase fistula budget line in the Kwara State 2018 supplementary budget which is already in the pipeline.

"Kwara state government is happy working in relationship with EngenderHealth in the area of intervention of fistula in the state. Last year around N10 million was budgeted for fistula in the state. This year, about N16 million has been budgeted for fistula and we have released part of the money.The pool effort is aimed at bringing women with fistula from the various communities in the state for a repair", he said.

The Commissioner explained that the state is ripe enough to be made a proper fistula centre for the north central region with support from Engender Health Fistula Care Plus Project, and other stakeholders.

In his remarks, the State Commissioner for Budget and Planning, Alhaji Wasiu Odewale said the state is in the process of reviewing the 2017 appropriation Law and promised further support to the health sector.

Alhaji Odewale assured that the ongoing Supplementary budget process would favour increased in the budget line for fistula repairs.

Also speaking, the State Commissioner for Women Affairs and Social Development, Hajia Ayinke Saka represented by Hajia Aminah Yahya described the fistula repair exercise as women project, saying that women lost dignity as result of stigma against fistula clients.

She enjoined women to attend antenatal care regularly and deliver under the supervision of skilled birth attendants to avoid coming down with fistula.

Earlier in his remarks, the Country Project Manager, Engender Health Fistula Care Plus Project, Chief Iyeme Efem explained that the pooled effort was organised to assist fistula clients to live normal lives.

He showed appreciation for Kwara state for having a fistula desk and being one of the few states that have a budget line for fistula.

Chief Efem said the Project by USAID is supporting a number of hospitals across the country in organising pooled fistula repairs and called for government commitment to sustaining the project.

In his remark, the Chief Medical Director of Sobi Specialist Hospital, Doctor Musa Sanni said the Hospital had managed two hundred fistula cases since the intervention begun in 2011, with the clients from rural communities and neighbouring states of Osun, Oyo, Ekiti, Kogi and Lagos.

Source

 

Cloud Tag: What's trending

Click on a word/phrase to read more about it.

Bashir Adigun     Iyeru Grammar School     Gwanara     Oloye     Kola Adesina     Niyi Ogundiran     Kazeem Adekanye     Okala Baba     Yomi Adeboye     Mansur Alfanla     Chartered Institute Of Personnel Management Of Nigeria     Umar Gunu     Kunle Okeowo     Abdulkadir Akanbi-Oke     Oni Adebayo     Minimum Wage     Justina Oha     Lanre Issa Onilu     Park     Haruna Tambiri Mohammed     Prince Bola Ajibola     Jumoke F. Ajao     Otoge     Yoonus Kola Olatinwo     Kwara State Geographic Information Service     Issa Oloruntogun     Jare Olatundun     Sulaiman Gado     V.O. Abioye     Gbemi Saraki     Abubakar Abdullahi Bata     Aminu Ado Bayero     Tunde Kazeem     Egbejila     Ghali Muhammed     Bursary     Ishola Balogun Fulani     Abdullahi Dasilva Yussuf     AbdulRazaq AbduMajeed Alaro     Raheem Adaramaja     Oya State     Senate President     CKNG     High Court     Kwara State Sports Commission     Nigeria Association Of Women Journalists     Femi Agbaje     Talaka Parapo     Kwara Muslim Pilgrims Welfare Board     Nurudeen Muhammed     HYPPADEC     Sheikh Ariyibi     Clement Yomi Adeboye     Abdulraufu Mustapha     Muhammed Taofeeq Abdulrazaq     Abdulrazaq Akorede     Lawal Olohungbebe     Damilola Yusuf Adelodun     Jaigbade Alao     Ebun-Olu Adegboruwa     Habeeb Abdullahi Al-Ilory     Isiaka Alikinla     Royal FM     Abdulrazaq Solihudeen     Christopher Ayeni     Suleiman Rotimi Iliasu     Opolo Global Innovation Limited     Zainab Abass     Usman Yunusa     Ibrahim Orire     Ayobami Seriki     Doyin Awoyale     Saliu Alamoyo     Public Holiday     Fatai Olodo     Ambassador Kayode Laro     Yahaya Seriki    

Cloud Tag: What's trending

Click on a word/phrase to read more about it.

Durosinlohun Kawu     Suraj Tunji Oyewale     Deji Ajani     Yusuf Arowosaye     Lucky Omoluwa     Sambo Murtala     Sam Okaula     Abdulkadir Jimoh     George Innih     Taofik Abdulkareem     Yakubu Mohammed Abdullahi     Oke-Ode     Pakata Patriots     Sobi     N-Power     Unicontinental Construction Company     Adebayo Mohammed Kamaldeen     Ilofa     Okanlawon Musa     Garba Ayodele Wahab     Sa\'adu Gambari     Ita-Ore     Ella Supreme Tissue Paper     Muhammed Abdullahi     Jumoke Monsura Gafar     Abiodun Oyedepo     All Peoples Party     Aasiyat Bello Oyedepo     Hajj     CKNG     Adijat Adebiyi     Halimah Perogi     Atiku Abubakar     Third Estate     Wahab Abayawo     Dorcas Afeniforo     Kwara State Printing And Publishing Corporation     Gurei     Sarkin Malamai     CCT     Bolakale Ayo     Rex Olawoye     Abubakar Aliagan     Sabo-Oke     Adanla-Irese     Kaiama     Babatunde Idiagbon     Radio SBS     NURTW     Okanlawon Taiwo     Government Girls’ Day Secondary School Pakata     Onilupeju Of Ilupeju     Aliyu Muhammed     Sam Onile     Mohammed Kamaludeen     Alao Ayotunde     AGILE Programme     Mohammed Ajia Ibrahim     Hassan Oyeleke     Fatai Adeniyi Garba     Saidu Isa     Abdulrazaq Akorede     Ahmed Ayinla Jimoh     Face Masks     Simon Sayomi     Kabir Shagaya     HAMFAT Clinic And Maternity     Oja-Oba     Hameed Oladipupo Ali     Aisha Ahman-Pategi     Abdulrahman Abdulrasaq     Abdulkadri Ahmad Alaiye     Ike Ekweremadu     Saka Keji     KWASEIC     Neuropsychiatric Hospital     Sanusi Abubakar