Just In : Government approves pay rise for doctors
The Kebbi State Governor, Dr Nasir Idris, as part of measures to improve the health sector, has approved the recruitment of more medical doctors for the state hospitals.
The governor also approved the increase in salaries of doctors working in the state, to be at the same level as their counterparts in federal hospitals.
The Permanent Secretary, Ministry of Health, Dr Shehu Koko, disclosed this in Sokoto, on Tuesday, during the ministry’s quarterly budget performance review meeting with the Kebbi State House of Assembly.
He said the essence of the meeting was to strengthen the financial management of the ministry while assuring that the state government was working on improving the health sector in the state.
In his opening remarks, the Speaker of the state House of Assembly, Muhammadn Zuru, who was represented by Honourable Muhammad Garba, assured that the assembly would continue to support the ministry to deliver on the government’s mandate.
The Chairman, House Committee on Health, Muhammad Tukur, said the assembly did not reduce a kobo from the budget of the health ministry as presented to them.
He, however, called on the ministry to always work in tandem with the committee to have a good working relationship and adequate budget release.
Also speaking, the Permanent Secretary, Kebbi State Ministry of Budget and Economic Planning, Hajia Aisha Usman, said the meeting was to monitor the budget performance review of the health sector.
She said the performance would help to monitor the bottlenecks and challenges and proffer solutions.
He assured that with the support of the House of Assembly and the United States Agency for International Development State2State, the state was ready to ensure an improved budget for health and other critical sectors.
In his remarks, the Team Lead, USAID State2State in Kebbi State, Usman Faleye, said the meeting aimed to ensure improvement in budget planning and performance of the health sector in the state.
He said the meeting, which would be held every quarter, was to look into the performance of the budget in the first quarter of the year.
The programme was organised by USAID State2State in conjunction with the United Nations Children’s Fund and the Kebbi State government.
