Category: Health

COVID-19: Niger Govt to sign an Executive order for compulsory use of face mask ….. violators to pay five thousand naira fine

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Niger state Governor, Abubakar Sani Bello has directed the Commissioner for Justice and Attorney General of the State to prepare an executive order for the enforcement of compulsory use of face Mask in the State following the surge in the number of COVID-19 confirmed cases in the State.   The directive followed a holistic briefing of the activities of the State COVID-19 Committee to the Governor, as well as the current situation of the dreaded pandemic in the State.   Governor Sani Bello who said the order will take effect…

Gov Sule’s US trip: World Medical Relief to equip Lafia Infectious Diseases Centre free of charge

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The World Medical Relief, Inc, a multi-funded, non-profit charitable organization, based in Detroit, Michigan, in United States, has made a commitment towards equipping the Lafia Infectious Deseases Control Centre, free of charge. Nasarawa State Governor, Engr.Abdullahi Sule, disclosed this while signing into law, the 2021 Appropriation Bill, at a ceremony at the Government House, on Wednesday. According to Engr. Sule, Nigeria’s former Minister of Health, Dr. Mohammed Pate, who was previously with the Bill Gates Foundation but now working with the United Nations, impressed by the infectious diseases control centre…

Kwara gets historic accreditation to train resident doctors

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The Ilorin General Hospital has been accredited to train resident doctors after it was adjudged fit for that purpose by the Faculty Board of Obstetrics and Gynaecology (O&G) of the National Postgraduate Medical College of Nigeria. The hospital has also been accredited to train resident doctors in family medicine, according to a correspondence from the West African College of Physicians. The accreditation, which was the first in the history of the state’s premier general hospital, followed its fulfilment of several criteria such as relevant equipments needed for such postgraduate training.…

Senate moves to amend Medical and Dental Practitioners law …Considers bill to boost infrastructural devt in rural areas

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The Senate has began the process of amending the Medical and Dental Practitioners Act which was last amended 28 years ago, with the introduction of the Medical and Dental Practitioners Bill 2020, presently before the Upper Chamber. The piece of legislation which scaled second reading on the floor during plenary on Tuesday seek to review the legal framework for the regulation of Medicine and Dentistry in Nigeria. Sponsor of the bill, Senator Ibrahim Yahaya Oloriegbe (APC – Kwara Central), while leading debate on the bill, recalled that the Medical and…

Gov Sule launches second phase of measles immunization, commissions primary healthcare facility

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Nasarawa State Governor, Engr Abdullahi Sule, has launched the measles second dose MCV2 immunization, into routine immunization schedule, aimed at reducing the prevalence of measles in children under the age of five. Gov Sule flagged off the exercise at a ceremony that took place in Kana/Apau, in Kokona Local Government Area, on Monday. The Governor, at the event, equally commissioned and took over an ultra modern primary healthcare facility, constructed through the Save One Million Lives initiative, supported by the World Bank, aimed at strengthening the capacity, as well as…

Gov Sule inaugurates state CARES steering committee to access $20m facility

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Nasarawa State Governor, Engineer Abdullahi Sule, has inaugurated the State CARES Steering Committee (N-SCSC), to facilitate the implementation of the Nigeria COVID-19 Action Recovery Economic Stimulus (NG-CARES) in the state. Engineer Sule inaugurated the 9-man committee at a ceremony held at the Government House, on Wednesday. According to the Governor, CARES, a World Bank assisted programme, will be driven and implemented in the state by the Nasarawa State a Community and Social Development Agency, as well as the Fadama III, by helping to increase existing social transfers, for the benefit…

Osinbajo commissions state-of-the-art Nasarawa infectious diseases centre

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Vice President, Professor Yemi Osinbajo, has commissioned the state-of-the-art Nasarawa State Infectious Diseases, Diagnosis and Research Centre, in Lafia, the state capital. Performing the ceremony on Tuesday, the Vice President, described the centre as a landmark achievement, the first of its kind in West Africa and probably across the entire continent. Osinbajo commended both the immediate past Governor of the state, Senator Umaru Tanko Al-makura, for initiating the project, as well as incumbent Governor, Engineer Abdullahi Sule, for ensuring that the vision came to fruition,he said the edifice was a…

Kwara Govt reaffirms support for HIV response in the state

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Kwara State Government has vowed not to relent in its efforts to protect and improve the healthcare of its people. The Deputy Governor of Kwara State and Chairman, Kwara State AIDS Control Agency, Mr Kayode Alabi made this known Tuesday as Kwara joined the world to celebrate 2020 World AIDS Day in his Office. Mr Alabi said the Kwara State Government had continued the sustainability of HIV intervention gains by supporting the Kwara State AIDS Control Agency despite the emergence of COVID-19 and declining financial resources. He added that despite…

Gov AbdulRazaq approves N41M for malaria counterpart fund for year 2020

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The Governor of Kwara State Mallam AbdulRahman AbdulRazaq has approved forty-one million naira for malaria program in the year 2020. The Honourable Commissioner for Health Dr Raji Razaq revealed this yesterday in a meeting with Long Lasting Campaign Coordinating Network Committee (LLCCN) at the ministry Premises. He said the State Government has been very proactive in improving the standard of health care service delivery in the state Dr Raji commended the partners and stakeholders for a wonderful and successful flag off program which motivated the Executive Governor to release 41…

FG lauds Oyetola for investing hugely in health sector …as UNICEF presents certificate of Open Defecation Free to Osun Council

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The Federal Government on Wednesday commended the administration of Governor Adegboyega Oyetola of the State of Osun for its huge investment in the health sector and for making the health of the citizens its topmost priority as manifested in the huge success the State has recorded in revamping and repositioning the sector in the last two years. This is even as the United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) presented the Award of Certificate to Ifedayo Local Government Area as Open Defecation Free (ODF) Local Government as validated by the National Task…