Jigawa Earmarks N80m For Family Planning Services

Jigawa State government has earmarked N80 million for the procurement of family planning needs to ensure their availability and sustainable supply in public health facilities across the state.

The commissioner for health, Dr. Abdullahi Kainuwa, disclosed this during a stakeholders’ meeting on sustaining family planning interventions and marking the transition of the Challenge Initiative after a three-year partnership with key stakeholders.

Represented by the director of medical services, Dr. Abdulkadir Yakubu, the commissioner said family planning (child spacing) is a key component of the state’s reproductive healthcare strategy to reduce the high rate of maternal and child mortality.

He said Governor Umar Namadi’s administration had prioritised efforts against maternal and child deaths while promoting access to quality basic healthcare services.

“To achieve the state’s broader public healthcare goals, we remain committed to collaborating with partners willing to support our efforts such as The Challenge Initiative (TCI) which provided a three-year intervention in our reproductive healthcare sector, focusing on family planning,” he added.

Senior special adviser to the governor on primary healthcare, Mr. Babangida Lawan, assured TCI and other stakeholders that the state government would continue working with communities to sustain the gains made in family planning during TCI’s intervention and expand them for better family health and well-being.