Gombe Governor, Inuwa Yahaya Inaugurates Steering Committee on Basic Health Care Provision Fund

By Our Reporter

Gombe State Governor, Muhammadu Inuwa Yahaya has inaugurated a Taskforce on Immunization and a Steering Committee on Basic Health Care Provision Fund, BHCPF.

At the inauguration, Inuwa Yahaya said the inauguration further demonstrates his administration’s commitment to improving the well-being of the state through the provision of better healthcare services.

He said the Taskforce on Immunization was constituted in order to ensure that children are immunized against preventable diseases associated with infant mortality.

In a press release signed by the Senior Special Assistant to the Governor, Media and Publicity, Mr Ismaila Uba Misilli said that the terms of reference for the Taskforce was “To ensure effective leadership and coordination of all immunization activities in the state and to monitor the effectiveness of the Immunization Plus Days in the state.

According to him, “The Taskforce is also to prepare and review state plan for the intensification of polio eradication and routine immunization activities required to sustain interruption of wild polio virus transmission.

On the Steering Committee on Basic Health Care Provision Fund, Yahaya said the setting up of the committee is aimed at ensuring adequate and sustainable funding that will be efficiently used to provide quality health service, particularly to the most vulnerable members of the society.

“The terms of reference for the committee on Basic Health Care Provision Fund include: To liase with Federal Agencies such as the Federal Ministry of Health and National Health Insurance Scheme (NHIS) to facilitate the enrollment of Gombe State among the beneficiaries of the BHCPF.”

He added that the committee is also expected to provide cross functional leadership and to ensure program visibility as well as to review and approve annual work plan and budget of the state implementation agencies.

The Deputy Governor in the State, Dr the taskforce on Manassah Daniel Jatau would head the Taskforce on immunization, while the committee on Basic Health Care Provision Fund would be chaired by the Hon. Commissioner of Health, Dr. Ahmed Mohammed Gana.