Aliyu Babayo Gamawa, Acting Commissioner of Health and Permanent Secretary
By Akanji Alowoludo, Bauchi
Bauchi State Governor, Senator Bala Mohammed has been commended for positively impacting on the health sector of the state since coming in 2019 leading to great improvement of the Sector.
The commendation was made by the Ag Commissioner of Health in the State, Aliyu Babayo Gamawa while declaring open, a 3-day Costed implementation plan development meeting on family planning held at Jamil Hotel, Azare on Tuesday organized by the State Ministry of Health with support from USAID funded Integrated Health Programme (IHP).
Aliyu Babayo who is the Permanent Secretary of the Ministry, declared that the health sector has witnessed tremendous improvement since 2019 when Bala Mohammed was inaugurated as the Governor.
He particularly commended the Governor for ensuring that healthcare services were brought closer to the people at the rural areas through the establishment of health facilities in all the 323 wards across the state.
He commended the Governor for hosting the first ever Health Summit in the state which he said has actually developed a road map for the improvement of the Sector positively.
According to him, “The administration of Governor Bala Mohammed has done so well in improving the health sector. Today, we are a model of health development which our neighbours are trying to copy.”
He also said that, “Today, our Specialist Hospital is one of the best in the country in terms of the availability of sophisticated machines. People from neighboring states including Plateau now come for diagnosis and other tests.”
The Ag Commissioner also commended the government for effective collaboration with Development Partners by prompt payment of counterpart funds which has made it possible to access the various interventions.
He then stressed the importance of the CIP meeting calling on the participants to contribute to the discussions in order to have a workable documents that will achieve the set objectives of the CIP.
Babayo then assured that the Ministry will continue to embark on and implement policies and programmes that will further strengthen and improve the quality of healthcare services delivery in the state.
