Nasarawa Assembly increases health budget for children, women

The Nasarawa State House of Assembly has increased the state’s 2017 health budget to tackle emergency and health related issues associated with children and women. Speaker of the House, Ibrahim Balarabe Abdullahi, who disclosed this yesterday in Lafia while addressing the National Association of Federation of Muslims Women Association of Nigeria (FOMWAN) and other women […]

The Nasarawa State House of Assembly has increased the state’s 2017 health budget to tackle emergency and health related issues associated with children and women.

Speaker of the House, Ibrahim Balarabe Abdullahi, who disclosed this yesterday in Lafia while addressing the National Association of Federation of Muslims Women Association of Nigeria (FOMWAN) and other women groups under Partnership Advocacy Child and Family Health (PACFaH), said the Assembly would continue to give the health sector its topmost priority through enacting laws with direct bearing on the health of the people, especially children and women.

Abdullahi said, “I am delighted with your visit aimed at promoting the health needs of the people especially of women and children. Seeing both Muslim and Christian women coming together is a thing of joy as this will promote peace especially now that the country is facing some different forms of security challenges and I call on you to sustain the relationship.

“On your request, I want to tell you that the Assembly has already increased the 2017 budgetary allocation of the state health sector compared to 2016 health allocation to tackle the health challenges of the women and children in the state. The percentage of the increment to the health sector will be made public when we finally pass the 2017 budget.”

Earlier in her remark, leader of the delegation, Farida Sada Yusuf, said the visit was to plead with the state Assembly to allocate 15 percent of the state budget to health sector.