Governor of Edo State, Godwin Obaseki has commended the Federal Government for
releasing 1.5 million dollars “Save a Million lives” intervention fund to the
state, noting that the fund, geared towards improving maternal and child
health, would be well-spent.
The governor disclosed this when he received the Minister of State for
Health, DrOsagieEhanire, at the Government House yesterday in Benin-City, said the state had
set up a contact group to ensure that the programme achieved its aims.
The governor, who informed the
minister of his administration’s plans to reposition the state’s health sector,
said that the state needed Federal Government’s support in the repositioning of its school of Nursing
and Midwifery and School of Health Technology.
Earlier, the minister commended
Governor Obaseki for his scientific approach to addressing issues in the health
sector and other sectors in the state.
Ehanire said that the Federal
Government, through the ministry, had come up with policies and schemes geared
towards reforming health care delivery in the country, saying that the
government had created a committee to resolve the issues of salaries and wages
of health workers and incessant strikes in the sector.
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