Sokoto Govt moves to reduce maternal mortality with multimillion Naira drugs, reproductive health equipment
From Bashir Rabe Mani in Sokoto
Determined to reduce maternal mortality, Sokoto State government on Thursday rolled out multimillion Naira assorted reproductive health equipment and essential medicines.
Our Correspondent reports that the items were doled out to 23 high-burden Primary Healthcare Centres (PHCs) and 23 other PHCs to improve free and qualitative healthcare delivery across the state.
Our Correspondent further reports that the epochal event was flagged off by the Wife of the State Governor, Dr Fatima Ahmed Aliyu.
According to her, the state government remains fully committed to the protection of women and children, insisting that her husband has pledged quality healthcare services under his 9-Point Smart Agenda.
She said, “There can be no meaningful development without a healthy society.”
The First Lady also urged health personnel to uphold the highest level of ethical standards in the discharge of their responsibilities.
She further called on security agencies and traditional rulers to safeguard the items, warning, “anyone found diverting them should be apprehended and brought to justice.
Dr Fatima Ahmed Aliyu also appealed to husbands to allow their wives to attend antenatal clinics as well as to allow them to deliver in the health facilities.
She also extolled Nigeria’s First Lady, Sen. Oluremi Tinubu for her unwavering support to women and children across the country as well as maternal and child healthcare.
Dr Fatima Ahmed Aliyu further acknowledged the efforts of the Ministry of Health and the State Primary Healthcare Development Agency to ensure the attainment of the 9-Point Smart Agenda.
The Commissioner of Health in the state, Dr Faruk Umar Abubakar, who said that the journey so far has been remarkable, added that all health facilities in the state are now fully functional across the state.
He said that women and children as well as other vulnerable persons across the state are duly receiving free and best medical care across the 23 local government areas of Sokoto State.
According to him, all hospitals and other health facilities at all levels have been made fully functional, saying that no fewer than 160 PHCs had been renovated.
Dr Abubakar added that Gov. Ahmed Aliyu Sokoto had fully revitalized secondary and tertiary health institutions , saying, “this had led to the crash of maternal mortality by improving safe deliveries
Also speaking, the Special Adviser, Primary Healthcare Development Agency, Dr Muhammad Bello Marnona,said that the landmark event aligned with the 9-Point Smart Agenda of Gov. Ahmed Aliyu Sokoto.
“He has promised to improve healthcare services across the state and he is doing just that, ” the Special Adviser added.
According to him, apart from rehabilitating 23 General Hospitals, under the Governor’s watch, no fewer than two third of the 800 PHCs in the state had been given proper facelift to make them fully functional.
Dr Marnona also disclosed that no fewer than 2,000 additional Nurses and Midwives had been injected into the healthcare system of the state in 2025.
