Prof Arab addressing participants
A total of 200 Primary Health Care (PHC) staff comprising directors and managers have received training under the Basic Universal Healthcare Coverage programme of World Bank and Borno State Government.
The three-day training of the World Bank supported Borno State Multi-Sectoral Crisis Recovery Project (MCRP) is in collaboration with the State Ministry of Reconstruction, Rehabilitation and Resettlement to build the capacity of Primary Healthcare Coordinators and officers in charge of Primary Healthcare Centres on Facility Governance and Finance Management.
The training was aimed at meeting the goals of National Healthcare Policy towards an effective and efficient healthcare delivery service in every ward of the state.
Declaring the training open, the Chairman Borno State Primary Healthcare Development Agency, Prof. Muhammad Arab Alhaji, said for any health facility to achieve best outcome in service delivery, it must have equipment, drugs and trained manpower.
Arab noted that Gov. Zulum administration has done a lot in the area of healthcare delivery service particularly the PHCs by not only rehabilitating and building new ones but also providing hospital equipment, drugs and other consumables as well as employment and training of health staff.
Arab who noted that the basic universal healthcare coverage cannot be met without trained health personnel said training would continue to be given the needed attention.
Earlier, the State Project Coordinator of MCRP, Baba Zannah Abdulkarim represented by the Project Admin Officer, Nathaniel Shugaba Walah, described the training as essential part of the project activities and enjoined the participants to use the opportunity to learn new techniques, update their knowledge, share experiences and step down whatever they learn for overall benefit of the people.
He also observed that Governor Zulum has done a lot in the health sector, and urged facility managers and coordinators to ensure they deliver on their mandate in the health sector.
According to him, the knowledge acquired would benefit them even after retirement hence the need to reciprocate by ensuring proper management of the health facility, drugs, human resources and finance.
Giving the objectives of the training, Suleiman Dauda said it was to focus on the “must know” of financial and facility management skills relevant to healthcare workers operating in Nigeria primary healthcare centres and managing both human and material resources.
The training he added would cover financial management, monitoring, supervision and control at PHCs, drugs and consumable management, human resource and financial management.
He said primary health centres being the first level of contact for individuals, families and communities with the national health system would bring healthcare services closer to the people and reduce the state and national disease burden.
Some participants who spoke including Yagana Alhaji Modu of Yerwa PHC, Bukar Mai Abatcha the Director Primary health centre Mobbar, Balu Bukar Adamu of Shuwari, and Ali Mangla Monguno of Kukawa PHC, expressed delight over the training which they said would impact positively in the healthcare system revival recovery and improvement being pursued.
