Kwara State government has flagged off renovation works on five Primary Healthcare Centres (PHCs) in the state.
The state government has handed over project sites to various contractors at different locations for immediate renovation works.
The selected facilities are Bode PHC (Baruten), Obbo Aiyegunle PHC (Ekiti), prototype Fufu PHC (Ilorin South), Ojagboro PHC (Ilorin East) and Balogun Afin PHC in Ilorin South local government area.
The executive secretary of the State Primary Healthcare Development Agency(KWPHDA), Dr Nusirat Elelu, performed a symbolic site handover in Ilorin, the state capital.
Elelu disclosed that the scheme is being funded with the N231,710,000 Primary Healthcare Leadership Challenge award of the Nigeria Governors Forum (NGF), which Kwara State won last year.
She said work would commence immediately on the five health facilities following the conclusion of the procurement process.
“Today, we are here for the site handover at the conclusion of the procurement process for qualified vendors that are going to take possession and renovation of these five primary healthcare centres,” she said after handing over the Prototype Fufu Primary Healthcare Centre , in Ilorin South local government area to the contractor.
“It is an amazing intervention and a huge win for the state government in bringing healthcare services closer to the people at the grassroots. This government has renovated over 25 PHCs in the last few years, and this year alone, we have six that are ongoing.
We have the one in Alapa (Asa LG), and in Ojagboro, among others. And one of the advantages from this renovation is that it is going to bridge the infrastructural gap,” Elelu added.
She charged all the benefiting communities to take ownership and ensure that they put the facilities into good use to achieve the set objectives.
