UNICEF Launches Healthcare Leadership Programme in Kwara, Two Other States

Date: 2026-03-16

The United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF) has commenced a leadership, management and governance capacity strengthening project at the primary health care level in Nigeria.

The project which is being carried out in partnership with the Development Governance International (DGI) Consult will assess primary healthcare governance and management and, through enabling structural measurable and incremental improvements, ultimately strengthening the healthcare system in pilot states of Adamawa, Kwara and Sokoto states.

A flurry of activities heralded the commencement of the capacity enhancement programme in Abuja, a high level stakeholders engagement workshop was organised to kick start the project. The meeting which had the leadership of health ministries and relevant agencies from the three states, representative of UNICEF, the United Nations Fund for Population Activities (UNFPA) and DGI was utilised to co-create the project methodology, processes and tools for local ownership and sustainability.

Chief Executive Officer of DGI, Dr Gafar Alawode, said the project "look forward to creating and sharing an effective model of leadership, governance and management capacity for the reproductive, maternal and neonatal care as well as for the health sector in general."

He stated further that the project will involve assessing the leadership, governance and management capacity of primary health care in the three states, develop capacity strengthening systems to address identified gaps and implement capacity strengthening plans with the focus on remarkably improving health system delivery in the states.

Dr Alawode noted that the project is designed to achieve impact at scale and ultimately strengthen governance and management of healthcare delivery in the three pilot states.

"We are going to use an innovative model of governance and management that has been used in the private sector and in the health sector as well, which will drive major aspects of the health system," he said.

 

Cloud Tag: What's trending

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

Kwara State Fish Farmers Association     BIR     Bello Taoheed Abubakar     Onilorin Of Ilorin     Kpotum Mohammed Baba     Segun Adeniyi     Senior Staff Union Of Colleges Of Education     Abubakar Usman Jos     Ahmed Alhasssan     Ajidagba     Towoju     PAACO-PCL Consortium     Abdulrauf Aliyu     Ayo Opadokun     Ilesha-Baruba     CACOVID Palliatives     Nigeria Foundation For Artificial Intelligence     Theophilus Oyebiyi     Sulyman Abdulkareem     Sabi     Muhammed Mahe Abdulkadir     Tunji Folami     Doyin Group     NIPOGA     Abdulraheem Olesin     Tunde Idiagbon Road     Sidikat Akaje     Kale Belgore     Christopher Odetunde     Kabir Shagaya     Moses Afolayan     Alliance For Democracy     Saliu Ajia     Kayode Alabi     Abdullahi G. Mohammad     Razaq Atunwa     Adedayo Yusuf Abdulkareem     College Of Health     Salman Alada     Afolabi-Oshatimehin     Kayode Ibrahim     Lanre Olosunde     Yusuf Abubakar     Illyasu Abdullahi     Abdulmutalib Shittu     Sodiya     Wahab Isa     IPSAS     Budo Egba     Temitope Ogunbanke     Undergraduate Bursary     Mustapha Akanbi     Okala Baba     Kwara State Health Insurance Agency     College Of Education     Jumoke Gafar     Abubakar Atiku     Adedeji Onimago     Abubakar Baba Sulaiman     Sobi Hill     Shao     Yahaya Dumoye     Owo Isowo     Otuka     Ohoro Of Shao     Christopher Ayeni     Rasaq Jimoh     Okedare     Saad Omo Iya     Patience Jonathan     Rashidi Yekini     Ahmed     Idris Amosa Saidu     Yusuf Amuda Aluko     Yakub Ali-Agan     Yakubu Shaaba     AbdulRazaq Abubakar Jiddah    

Cloud Tag: What's trending

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

Road Transport Employers Association Of Nigeria     Countryside Emerging Leaders Fellowship     Funmi Salau     Sun Qing Rong     NULGE     Universal Basic Education Commission     Balogun Gambari     Kayode Laro     Sulyman Atolagbe Alege     Academic Staff Union Of Universities     MATTA Girls Foundation     KWTV     Mohammed Khadijat Kubura     Abdulmalik Bashir Mopelola Risikatullahi     Gobirawa     Iliasu     Oluwarotimi Boluwatife Adenike     Adesoye College     General Tunde Idiagbon International Airport     Salaudeen Oyewale     Shonga     Funmilayo Braithwaite     Babatunde Idiagbon     Aishat Mohammed Lawal     Lai Mohammed     Oye Tinuoye     Farouk Salim     Yusuf Lanre Badmas     Salmon Babatunde Salmon     Bolakale Saka     Arandun     Bilikisu Oniyangi     Abubakar Imam     Ajeigbe     Salihu Jibril Garbi     David Oyepinola Adedumoye     Yahaya A Paniyaro     Lithium Deposit     Okeose Christian Cementary     Ridhwanullah Al-Ilory     Oniyangi Kunle Sulaiman     Olusegun Adeniyi     Abdulmajeed Abdullahi     Segun Ogunsola     Arinola Lawal     Razaq Atunwa     George Funsho Adebayo     Mazars Consulting     Umar Sanda Yusuf     Sa\'adatu Modibbo-Kawu     Yusuf Aiyedun     Ayo Opadokun     Nigerian Supreme Council For Islamic Affairs     Saka Isau     Bayo Mohammed Onimode     Mary Kemi Adeosun     Rafiu Ibrahim     Olomu     Niyi Ogundiran     Quareeb Islamic Association     Kwara Restoration Project     Aliyu Olatunji Ajanaku     Centre For Digital Economy     Muhammed Mahe Abdulkadir     Justina Oha     Chief Imam Of Offa     Elekoyangan     Ilorin West/Asa Federal Constituency     Fareedah Dankaka     Kamaldeen Ajibade     Ariyo     Pakata Development Association     Abdulrazaq Magaji     Abdullahi Saadudeen Alikinla     Samuel Olusegun Adedayo     Kehinde Baale     Bamidele Adegoke