Ondo State Governor, Lucky Aiyedatiwa, on Thursday, distributed the state’s share of the 10,000 professional kits donated by the First Lady, Senator Oluremi Tinubu, to tertiary institutions studying Medicine, Nursing, and hospitals across the 18 local government areas of the state.
While distributing the state’s share of 1,166 of the 10,000 professional kits given to Southwest geopolitical zones, Aiyedatiwa said the kits would reach 75 percent of the health workers in the state, including students studying Medicine and Nursing.
Aiyedatiwa, who was represented by the Special Adviser to Governor Lucky Aiyedatiwa on Health, Prof. Simidele Odimayo, said the Federal Medical Centre (FMC), Primary Health Care Centres, University Teaching Hospitals, and private and public hospitals in the state benefited from the 1,166 professional kits.
He noted that the professional kits would go a long way in motivating health workers, among other steps being taken by the state government to enhance the performance of the health sector in the state.
He said: “By giving them these kits and scrubs, they can be better motivated to care for the people. The wife of President Bola Ahmed Tinubu, Senator Oluremi Tinubu, brought 10,000 to the Southwest zone. And we are distributing the ones that are allocated to Ondo State to all our health facilities across the state.
“We have very many of them. We have both private health facilities, public health facilities, and training institutions. We also gave the kits to service institutions.
“The Teaching Hospital in Ondo, the Specialist Hospital in Akure, the Specialist Hospital in Ondo, the Primary Health Care Centres, and the hospitals under the care of the Hospital Management Board across the state.
“Even our School of Nursing and Midwifery; we are distributing to all of them so that we can be sure that they will wear this material.”
The Special Adviser on Health said the state governor has strengthened the Ondo State Drug and Health Commodity Management Agency to be able to buy drugs and distribute them to all health facilities across the state.
According to him, the government has allocated funds to support the agency so it can function well. He also noted that the state health insurance was not only limited to the pharmaceutical sector but also covered critical health sectors.
“The Governor is strengthening the health sector. Over 102 healthcare facilities across all the local governments in the state are currently undergoing revitalisation.
“You know, provision of accommodation facilities for the health workers, provision of lighting systems, solar systems, so that 24-hour light will be available.
“We are fencing the facilities to protect our assets, providing water, and all those things so that we can have functional health facilities.
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“The Governor is employing health workers; the process is ongoing, including employment and replacement of staff.
“And the Governor has been motivating our staff, enhancing their salaries, and ensuring their salaries are promptly paid so that we can have a system that is running.
“So the Governor’s commitment to healthcare services in the state is top-notch and fantastic.”
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