The Governor of Kano state, Abdullahi Umar Ganduje OFR, Senate President Bukola Saraki and other diginitaries today received the body of the late Dan Masanin Kano, Dr Yusuf Maitama Sule at the Air Force air base in Kano.
Zamfara, Kebbi, Kaduna Failed, Despite $1.5m Given To Each To Save 1Million Lives
States of the federation have been allocated $1.5m dollars each for the program, whose objective is to increase the utilization and quality of high impact reproductive, child health, and nutrition interventions. With a combined score of 78 percent each, Sokoto and Kano states have scored the highest marks among seven North West states in the first quarter assessment of the implementation of the WHO-funded Save One Million Lives initiative in Nigeria. A report of the performance management assessment for North West put together by the Federal Ministry of Health showed that Zamfara has the lowest score of just four percent, followed by Kebbi with 17 percent and Kaduna with 38 percent. According to the report, the best performing states are Sokoto and Kano (78%), Jigawa (71%) and Katsina (55%). In assessing the states, the authors wrote that “Zamfara has failed to establish governance structure for the implementation of the SOML initiative.” It said th...
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