The continued task of safeguarding children from vaccine-preventable diseases through adequate and qualitative delivery of immunization services has been described as a responsibility that everyone must pursue with vigour.
This was the submission of the Ondo
State Governor, Arakunrin Oluwarotimi Akeredolu (SAN), at a meeting with
Task Force members on Polio Eradication and Routine Immunization held
at the Governor’s Office in Akure yesterday.
He enjoined Primary Healthcare workers
to brace up to the task, saying more steps need to be taken towards
delivering vaccination services to people in the communities.
Represented by the Commissioner for
Health, Dr Wahab Adegbenro, he revealed that statistics of Routine
Immunization in the state for January and February, 2018 have so far
shown a decline in the coverage of all antigens compared to year 2017.
Akeredolu who pointed out that the
number of unimmunised children in some of the Local Government Areas is
increasing, urged members of the task force on Polio eradication, to
double their efforts.
“As caregivers, you may need to examine
your attitude to clients who daily, throng your health facilities to be
sure you are not discouraging them from returning for important services
such as antenatal, postnatal, family planning and especially,
immunisation services.
“The race to have Nigeria de-listed from
the global Polio Club (leaving Pakistan and Afghanistan) by the World
Health Organization (WHO) is still hot.
“Therefore, we must be relentless in our
individual and collective effort as stakeholders to ensure that our
state and the country as a whole do not return to the dark moments of
high under-5 morbidity and mortality due to the dreaded Polio virus”, he
said.
The Governor reiterated his
administration’s commitment to continually provide leadership that will
enable the health sector, particularly the Ondo State Primary Healthcare
Development Board, to continue delivering on its mandate of Routine
Immunization in the state.
Arakunrin Akeredolu hinted that the
state had a robust and impactful Measles Vaccination Campaign which was
held between 8th and 20th of March, 2018 and had about 700,000 children
immunized.
He further stated that, ‘be it Routine
Immunization or Supplemental Immunization Exercises, the
Federal and
Ondo State Government have continued to show commitment to reduction in
under 5-year mortality.
The Governor however, appreciated
Chairmen of all the 18 Local Government Areas, traditional and
religious, global and technical partners, like the World Health
Organization (WHO), UNICEF among others for their commitment to the
battle against Polio.
Earlier in his welcome address,
Permanent Secretary, Ondo State Ministry of Health, Dr Taye Oni said the
state has always been in the forefront at eradicating Polio diseases,
saying it would continue to be in that position.
He further appreciated the efforts of
the Governor, and asked for more support from the State Government
towards ensuring that the disease is completely eradicated.
Also, Ondo State representative of
United Nations International Childrens Education Fund (UNICEF), Mr Tunde
Ayoade, said they would continue to give needed support to the state.
“We have been giving Ondo State all the necessary support to ensure that it move forward and we will continue to do so.
“We also plead with Governor Akeredolu
to employ more technical staff to enhance performance for polio
immunization, to bridge the gap we are experiencing as soon as
possible,” he said.
The Field Coordinator of Nigeria
National Polio Plus Committee of Rotary Club International, Rotarian
Gbenga Olayiwole commended Ondo State Government’s stern efforts at
eradicating the scourge in the state.
He stated that the association has
contributed $1.7b towards the eradication of Polio in the country and
enjoined other bodies to imbibe the spirit of doing more to keep the
disease at bay.
Olayiwole who assured more involvement
from Rotary Club in the fight against Polio, stated that it would
continue to partner the state government towards kicking Polio out of
the state completely.
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Mr Alex Okoh, the
Director General, Bureau of Public Enterprise (BPE) has assured that the
organisation would not compromise on transparency and integrity in the
sale and management of public assets in the country.
Buhari
He said this in a statement issued by Amina Othman, the Head, Public
Communications, on Friday in Abuja.
Othman stated that Okoh gave the assurance at the joint kick-off meeting
of the transaction advisers for the privatisation of Afam Power
Generation Plant and the Yola Power Distribution Company in Abuja.
He quoted the director general as saying “BPE had raised the bar for
privatisation transactions:
stakeholders would be carried along throughout the entire stages of
transactions.”
Okoh also said that criticisms trailed the initial privatisation of the
power companies but that the lessons learnt in the previous exercise
would be applied to set standard for fresh transactions.
He added that transparency and professionalism were important in the
bureau’s transactions.
On emergence of FBN Quest Consortium as sole transaction adviser for
Yola and Afam Power Companies, he said there was nothing untoward about
it.
“It is in furtherance of the bureau’s stance on transparency because the
consortium participated in the two distinct bidding processes for the
selection of transaction advisers and emerged as preferred bidder for
Yola Power Company and reserved bidder for Afam Power Company,” he said.
He explained that when negotiations with the preferred bidder — Energy
Markets and Rates Consortium (EMRC) for advisory services for Afam Power
Company transaction fell through, BPE made recourse to FBN Quest the
reserved bidder.
He added that this was in line with best practices.
Okoh expressed confidence in FBN Quest’s ability to deliver on both
transactions and pledged BPE’s support toward ensuring the success of
standards to be set in the fresh transactions.
Mr Taiwo Okeowo, the Deputy Managing Director of FBN Quest Consortium,
said the company’s goal was to partner with BPE to set improved standard
in the course of transactions and post-transaction activities.
To achieve this, he said, a team of professionals cutting across
technical experts, legal services and financial experts were on board to
execute the task.
Although Yola Distribution Company was successfully privatised and
handed over to core investor in 2013, a force majeure was declared in
2015 by the core investor, citing insecurity in the North-East region of
the country.
Following this, the company was duly repossessed by Federal Government.
The transaction for Afam Power Generation Company on the other hand fell
through due to delay in signing the Gas Supply Agreement (GSA) and the
Gas Transportation Agreement (GTA).
In 2017, the National Council on Privatisation (NCP) however gave
approval for fresh transaction to privatise the two power companies.
(NAN)
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Mr Alex Okoh, the
Director General, Bureau of Public Enterprise (BPE) has assured that the
organisation would not compromise on transparency and integrity in the
sale and management of public assets in the country.
Buhari
He said this in a statement issued by Amina Othman, the Head, Public
Communications, on Friday in Abuja.
Othman stated that Okoh gave the assurance at the joint kick-off meeting
of the transaction advisers for the privatisation of Afam Power
Generation Plant and the Yola Power Distribution Company in Abuja.
He quoted the director general as saying “BPE had raised the bar for
privatisation transactions:
stakeholders would be carried along throughout the entire stages of
transactions.”
Okoh also said that criticisms trailed the initial privatisation of the
power companies but that the lessons learnt in the previous exercise
would be applied to set standard for fresh transactions.
He added that transparency and professionalism were important in the
bureau’s transactions.
On emergence of FBN Quest Consortium as sole transaction adviser for
Yola and Afam Power Companies, he said there was nothing untoward about
it.
“It is in furtherance of the bureau’s stance on transparency because the
consortium participated in the two distinct bidding processes for the
selection of transaction advisers and emerged as preferred bidder for
Yola Power Company and reserved bidder for Afam Power Company,” he said.
He explained that when negotiations with the preferred bidder — Energy
Markets and Rates Consortium (EMRC) for advisory services for Afam Power
Company transaction fell through, BPE made recourse to FBN Quest the
reserved bidder.
He added that this was in line with best practices.
Okoh expressed confidence in FBN Quest’s ability to deliver on both
transactions and pledged BPE’s support toward ensuring the success of
standards to be set in the fresh transactions.
Mr Taiwo Okeowo, the Deputy Managing Director of FBN Quest Consortium,
said the company’s goal was to partner with BPE to set improved standard
in the course of transactions and post-transaction activities.
To achieve this, he said, a team of professionals cutting across
technical experts, legal services and financial experts were on board to
execute the task.
Although Yola Distribution Company was successfully privatised and
handed over to core investor in 2013, a force majeure was declared in
2015 by the core investor, citing insecurity in the North-East region of
the country.
Following this, the company was duly repossessed by Federal Government.
The transaction for Afam Power Generation Company on the other hand fell
through due to delay in signing the Gas Supply Agreement (GSA) and the
Gas Transportation Agreement (GTA).
In 2017, the National Council on Privatisation (NCP) however gave
approval for fresh transaction to privatise the two power companies.
(NAN)
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