President Bola Tinubu has sanctioned the establishment of the National Health Fellows Programme, aiming to engage young Nigerian fellows in all 774 local government areas across the nation.
This initiative underscores his commitment to upgrading existing primary healthcare centers and constructing over 8,800 new ones throughout the country, ensuring accessible and high-quality healthcare delivery.
Furthermore, new social accountability mechanisms will be implemented.
Ajuri Ngelale, Tinubu’s Special Adviser on Media and Publicity, stated that well-trained fellows will act as fiduciary agents to monitor and assess the development and performance of Primary Healthcare Centers.
Their efforts will be diligently measured against all financial inflows to these centers nationwide.
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The fellowship program will be housed within the Sector Wide Approach (SWAp) coordination office under the Federal Ministry of Health and Social Welfare. Fellows will be recruited, remunerated, and equipped with appropriate tools to track the performance of Basic Health Care Provision Fund-supported health facilities across the nation.
President Tinubu, also the African Union Champion for Human Resources in Healthcare, places his trust in young Nigerians.
He anticipates that their involvement in this critical nation-building task, which includes daily monitoring and tracking of health reforms in their respective locations, will usher in a new era of world-class service provision to all Nigerians, regardless of their location.
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