Kwara And Ogun State To Interface Healthcare Services

The Kwara and Ogun state governments are to merge the health services at the primary level to improve health care delivery series in the two states.

Alhaji Abdul Fatah Ahmed the Kwara state governor, disclosed this in Ilorin while receiving a delegation from Ogun State Health sector, led by the State Commissioner for Health, Doctor Ola-Ogun Soyinka who was in the state to understudy the Community Health Insurance Scheme in the state.

Governor Ahmed said that constant engagements of health officials from both states on primary healthcare delivery would improve accessibility as important information would be passed across.

Governor Ahmed said the strength of a nation lies in the ability to provide quality health care services and he also noted that enrolment into the scheme had made it necessary for the state government to expand the scheme to enable more people access healthcare delivery at the primary level.

Dr. Ola-Ogun Soyinka, leader of Ogun State delegation and Commissioner for Health, said that the Health ministry officials and lawmakers were in the state to back up the State Community Health Insurance Scheme which he said its pilot scheme was launched in April, this year in five local government areas of Ogun State.

Dr.  Soyinka, who identified Kwara State Community Health Insurance scheme as one of the leading health schemes in Nigeria, commended Governor Ahmed for his achievements in the areas of health particularly, the expansion of Community Health Insurance Scheme in the rural areas.