Office of the Head of the Civil Service of the Federation,OHCSF, has inaugurated a 12-member Committee for promotion of the health and well-being of its staff. This is contained in a statement in Abuja. The statement says the Director Overseeing the Office of the Permanent Secretary, Service Welfare Office (SWO) in the OHCSF, Dr Comfort Adeosun who represented Dr. Yemi Esan at the inauguration, noted that the initiative is in […]
The Emir of Jiwa in the Federal Capital Territory, Alhaji Idris Musa has called on Corporate organizations and Wealthy individuals to complement Government's effort at enhancing health status of rural dwellers. Alhaji Idris Musa who made the call during a Free Medical Outreach organized by the FCT Sector Command of the Federal Road Safety Corps, FRSC and the Road Safety Officers Wives Association in Jiwa, Abuja said the gesture would […]
About 2,500 intending pilgrims have applied and also made initial payment for the 2024 Hajj. To this end, Intending pilgrims hoping to perform this year's hajj from the Federal Capital Territory, have been warned against the non-disclosure of ailments capable of creating health emergencies in the Holy land. Director of the Board, Abubakar Evuti, who was speaking at a media briefing on arrangements for the 2024 exercise noted that while […]
Office of the Head of the Civil Service of the Federation in line with its mandate of optimizing the health and wellbeing of its workforce has organised a one-day training for five hundred (500) officers in the Federal Civil Service. At the occasion in Abuja the Permanent Secretary, Service Welfare Office, Mr. Mahmud Adam Kambari stated that Government is awake to the safety and health of civil servants as […]
By Florence Adewale The Federal Ministry of Health has identified delay in translation of Policy frameworks into actionable Programmes as one of the Challenges slowing down the fulfilment of Commitments made in the Tokyo Nutrition for Growth Summit. The Director, Nutrition Department, Federal Ministry of Health and Social Welfare, Mrs. Ladidi Bako-Aiyegbusi made this known in Abuja, at a media engagement on Advancing Nigeria's Nutrition Commitments from pledges into concrete […]
By Florence Adewale Stakeholders in the health sector have been called upon to scale up and extend the National Health Insurance program to other citizens of Nigeria, particularly the poor and most vulnerable in the society. The FCT Cordinator for the Control of Tuberculosis, Mr. Nathaniel Salifu who made the call at a media parley in Abuja explained that the poor are often less educated and unemployed, hence lack the […]
The National Economic Council, on Thursday, approved plans to overhaul 17,000 and 774 primary and secondary healthcare centres, respectively, nationwide. It said the move was in response to identified funding gaps and deteriorating healthcare metrics, as revealed by a presentation by the Coordinating Minister of Health and Social Welfare, Prof. Ali Pate, to the council. Bauchi State Governor, Bala Mohammed, detailed the government’s strategy to State House Correspondents following the […]
A 39-year-old Nigerian woman, Uzoma Chioma Asagwara has made history as she becomes the first black health minister and deputy premier of the Province of Manitoba in Canada. Asagwara who hails from Umuahia South Local Government Area of Abia State, took her oath of office this week, marking a significant milestone in her illustrious career. Asagwara’s rise to the position is a remarkable feat, as she not only becomes a […]
President Bola Tinubu has approved the appointment of two new Chief Executive Officers of Agencies under the Federal Ministry of Health and Social Welfare. Ajuri Ngelale, the Presidential spokesman who made this known in a statement on Friday named the new CEOs as; Executive Secretary/CEO, National Primary Health Care Development Agency (NPHCDA) Dr. Muyi Aina Director-General/CEO, National Health Insurance Authority (NHIA) Dr. Kelechi Ohiri Dr. Muyi Aina is a globally […]
