Kwara Gov Approves N232M For Nutrition, Primary Health Care

Date: 2019-07-02

Kwara State Governor AbdulRahman AbdulRazaq has approved immediate payment of N232 million in counterpart funding to deepen access to primary health care, health insurance and nutrition for under-three children in the state.

Chief Press Secretary to the Governor Rafiu Ajakaye said this in the statement on Tuesday in Ilorin.

According to him, N100 million of the amount will go for counterpart funds for Basic Health care Provision Funds (BHPV); N50 million for Accelerating Nutrition Results in Nigeria (ANRIN); and N82 million to access global grants for malaria.

Ajakaye said the release of the counterpart funds for BHPV would grant Kwara access to the World Bank/Federal Government's grant to cater for health needs of pregnant and nursing women and children.

"Access to such funds will help combat maternal mortality rate and other basic health challenges related to women and children.

"Apart from this, the funds will help to fix facilities for primary health care and reduce the pressure on secondary and tertiary health institutions," Ajakaye added.

He also said the counterpart funds for ANRIN would grant Kwara access to donor funds to boost nutrition needs of children in what is a practical step to end the menace of stunting and wasting among young children.

"UNICEF has said stunted/wasted children, all of them victims of malnutrition, are at risk of early death or becoming liabilities to the society as they are unable to cope in school or contribute to economic growth.

"Experts have decried malnutrition rate among children in the North Central, where Kwara falls.

"These children are so key to the bright future that this Governor envisions for Kwara.

"It is important to urgently key into any initiative that would boost their nutrition and give them a brighter chance at life," he said.

According to the CPS, the N82 million counterparts funding for malaria is to ensure that Kwara also benefits from Global Funds set aside by donor agencies to combat malaria.

News Agency of Nigeria (NAN), reports that the release of the counterpart funding for health care came alongside the payment of the N450 million to Universal Basic Education Commission (UBEC), which the agency insisted was diverted by the last administration.

That diversion had led to the blacklisting of the state from the funds meant to boost access to education.NAN

 

Cloud Tag: What's trending

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

Allocation     Otunba Taiwo Joseph     SSUCOEN     Bola Olukoju     AbdulRazaq Jiddah     CACOVID     Yusuf AbdulRasheed     Valsolar-Kwara Company Limited     Oke-opin     Lotus Bank     Ayodele Olaosebikan     Smart School     Shao     Shehu Jimoh     Mohammed Yisa     Oluwarotimi Boluwatife Adenike     Bashir Omolaja Bolarinwa     Ridwan Agboola     Maja     Binta Abubakar Mora     Sun Qing Rong     Niyi Ogundiran     Council Of The Wise     Kumbi Titiloye     Idowu Laro     ER-KANG Mining Nigeria Company Limited     Ado Bayero     Binta Sulyman     Clement Yomi Adeboye     Kaiama     Sola Saraki University     Ayo Adeyemi     Oke-Kura     Omu Aran     Saudat Abdulbaqi     Idris Amosa Saidu     Alfa Yahaya Road     Rasheed Jimoh     Shehu Salau     Economic And Financial Crimes Commission     Abdulmajeed Wahab     Dorcas Afeniforo     Just Law Forum     Samuel Adedoyin     Bolaji Aladie     Akorede     National Broadcasting Commission     Amule     Abdulkadir Bolakale Sakariyah     Abdulwahab Oba     Vasolar-Kwara Company Ltd     Adamu Atta     Salau Kabiru Abdullahi     Gbemisola Saraki     Erin-ile     Malete     Obayomi Azeez     Babaita     Ishola Abdullahi     Balogun Ajikobi     CELF     John Olajide Adedipe     College Of Health     Tanke Road     Ayoade Akinnibosun     Ijagbo     Sheikh Hamzat Yusuf Ariyibi     Tricycle Owners Association Of Nigeria     Cassava Growers\' Association     Majlis For Sadaqah, Zakat And Waqf     Geri-Alimi Split Diamond Interchange     Ahman Pategi University     Durosinlohun Kawu     Ben Duntoye     Zulkifli Ibraheem     AbdulRasaq Abdulmajeed Alaro     Naira Redesign    

Cloud Tag: What's trending

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

Mohammed Danjuma     AbdulRazaq Jiddah     Flights To Ilorin     Suleiman Ajadi     Idris Amosa Oladipo Saidu     Olaiya Victor Mobolaji     Pakata     Oloje     Abegunde Goke     Jaigbade Alao     Laolu Saraki     Ibrahim Abikan     Olokoba Sulyman     Olanrewju Okanlawon Musa     Sa\'adatu Modibbo-Kawu     Abdulsalam A. Yusuf     Kamaldeen Kehinde     Doyin Group     ASMAU PLAZA     International Aviation College     Ahmed     General Hospital     Saidu Yaro Musa     FERMA     Kwarareports     Ilorin Central Mosque     HICA     Toyin Sanusi     Kwara Volleyball Association     Elections     Hassan Abdulazeez Elewu     Olaitan Buraimoh     Azeez Bello     Abdulkadir Orire     Oyun     Ridwan Agboola     Saka Saadu     Madawaki Of Ilorin     Olajumoke Monsura Gafar     Omu-aran     Oyedun Juliana Funke     Modibo Kawu     Saidu Isa     Valsolar Consultoria     Ballah     Emir Of Shonga     Ilorin Muslim Community     National Association Of Nigerian Students     Millennium Development Goals     Saka Keji     Hydro-electric Power Producing Areas Development Commission     Joana Nnazua Kolo     Saliu Tunde Bello     Kwara State Polytechnic     Shuaib Abdulkadir     Elerin Of Erin-Ile     Congress For National Consensus     Maigidasanma     Yakub Lai Gobir     Yeketi     Roheemat Hammed     Umar Ayinla Saro     Oloyede     Taofik Abdulkareem     Leke Ogungbe     Government High School Adeta     Adijat Adebiyi     Olosi Of Osi     Wahab Abayawo     Kuliyan Geri     Yakubu Dogara     National Democratic Congress     Bilikisu Oniyangi     John Mayokun Dada     Abdulrahman Abdullahi Kayode     Umar Gunu     S.O. Opowoye