By Ahmed Abubakar, Dutse
Over One hundred and forty seven million naira has been disbursed to 239 health care facilities across the 257 political Wards of Jigawa state.
The permanent secretary of the state ministry of Health, Dr. Salisu Mu’azu stated this on Tuesday at the stakeholders meeting on basic health care provision fund implementation framework at the Sir Ahmadu Bello Hall in Dutse.
Mu’azu said the selection process of the facilities was done after the hospital fulfilled the Federal government requirements before it was considered for the national support under the health insurance scheme.
He said each health care centre will receive the sum of N601,500 as fund representing disbursement first and second quarter respectively, saying each quarter stand’s at N300,000.
He charged the beneficiaries to utilise the opportunity and visit these health centres for their treatments but, however warned them against abuse of the process.
He advised the hospital managements to form an 18-man committee that will be overseeing the effective utilisation of the fund.
On his part, the executive secretary of the state primary health care Dr. Kabiru Ibrahim said the essence of the programme was to ensure adequate and reliable health care support to every citizen at the grassroots.
He urged the health care managers to use the fund in the repair of basic amenities within the health facilities, so that patients may have conducive health system.
