In his remarks, the Governor of Kano State, Abdullahi Umar Ganduje, said the state had achieved significant milestones in healthcare services to the citizenry.
She restates the commitment of the Aliko Dangote Foundation in supporting Kano in ensuring all residents live long and healthy lives. The MD/CEO applauded efforts of the Kano State government and encouraged the administration to continue to improve its performance by ensuring timely release of funds for both RI and PHC activities. Yousefou also urged traditional rulers to ensure the people utilize essential health services, including immunisation, nutrition and maternal and reproductive health services. “We need to ensure that our health teams at LGA and Ward levels have the autonomy and resources they need to deliver within their specific contexts while holding them accountable for the results,” she said “One of such area of improvement is the need to devolve the programme’s oversight to lower levels and ensure LGA health teams are responsible for driving implementation across the wards in their LGA.
“We need to ensure that we use the lessons learnt from the prior years to develop and effectively execute better-suited strategies that ensure we fast-track progress and ultimately achieve the Health MoU addendum lll’s targets. The MD/CEO said with the signing of the third addendum, it was important to note that while the parties have made a lot of progress together, they remained far from achieving the target maternal and child health outcomes. Yousefou commended the state government for its efforts to sustain funding for all RI activities, thereby increasing the state’s RI budget by 22 percent over the past 6 years, despite challenges to the fiscal space. Speaking shortly before the official signing at Kano, yesterday, the Managing Director and Chief Executive Officer of Aliko Dangote Foundation, Zouera Yousefou, congratulated the Kano State government for achieving the objectives of the addendum ll. However, the third Health MoU signing, this time around, witnessed the involvement of UNICEF as the fourth participating party in the agreement. The MoU was first signed in 2012, when Aliko Dangote Foundation, Kano State Government and Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation decided to work towards improvement of health of women and children in Kano, second most populous state in the country.Īppraising the success of the first MoU, the three parties also signed a second addendum in 2017, in a bid to improve on the goal earlier achieved. The Aliko Dangote Foundation, in collaboration with Kano State Government, UNICEF and Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation have signed a tripartite Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) on routine immunisation (RI) in the state.
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