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Participants at the sensitization meeting
By Akanji Alowolodo, Bauchi
Bauchi State Government has reiterated its determination to collaborate and cooperate with International Donor agencies working in the state for the development and improvement in the living standard of the citizens.
The government also assured that it will be up and doing in its commitment to such programs through budgetary allocation by way of counterpart funds and its timely release in order to access the programs.
The assertion was made by the State Commissioner, Ministry for Budget and Economic Planning, Aminu Hamayyo during a one day sensitization on the 2021 Multiple Indicator Cluster Survey (MICS) and National Immunization Coverage Survey (NICS) Reports Bauchi Dissemination organized by the Ministry of Finance and Economic Planning in collaboration with Bauchi Field Office of UNICEF.
Represented by the Permanent Secretary of the Ministry, Idris Saleh, the Commissioner commended UNICEF for the reports which he said was timely considering that the state is at the process of preparing the 2023 appropriation.
He assured that the figures contained in the reports will be studied to serve as a guide for the government while planning what to do for the development of the state and the citizens.
Aminu Hamayyo then advised all the relevant MDAs to carefully study the reports which is the current statistics to be used in planning while developing their submissions for the 2023 fiscal year.
In goodwill messages, other partners including WHO and UNFPA stressed the importance of the reports in aiding government to plan its programs aimed at developing the state through provisions of basic social services like quality healthcare, education and others.
State Coordinator of WHO, Dr Mahmud Sa’idu expressed optimism that with the reports, the state will be able to effectively plan its Healthcare delivery services in order to bridge the noticed gaps.
He assured that the WHO will continue to support the state in its resolve to improve healthcare delivery services as well as during rapid response time.
As UNFPA, the State Programme Officer, Deborah Tamara while commending UNICEF for the reports, stressed that it should afford the government the opportunity to plan on how to mitigate on gender based violence in the state.
Deborah Tamara who is a Gender/Reproductive Health Analyst stressed the importance of having near accurate figures that can be used for planning for the girl child in accessing quality healthcare service and education.
