The Anambra State Government, in partnership with EU/WHO on Friday, organised a stakeholders workshop on Public Finance Management Reform (PFMR), guidelines and scoping assessment finding agenda.
The Objective of the workshop was to engage the Ministry of Health and the stakeholders to come up with regular communication and exchange in PFMR activities and give updates on the current PFMR situation in the state Ministry of Health.
Commissioner for Health, Dr Vincent Okpala said the workshop was aimed at ensuring that stakeholders understood Public Finance Management Reforms for effective healthcare delivery.
Okpala noted that in 2017, the state Government established State Health Insurance Agency which had been adjudged the best in Nigeria and the efforts were geared toward achieving Universal Health Coverage for people of the state while also adding that the State Health Financing was one of the six building blocks of the Health System Strengthening (HSS) project and had many areas of which PFMR was the key priority area.
According to him, Nigeria is currently not on track in achieving Universal Health Coverage (UHC) and the sub-optimal performance of Nigeria’s Health System can be attributed to poor financing of the required investment for delivery and management of health sector.
He further added that the EU/WHO, through the State Ministry of Health has started the implementation and the alignment of the Public Finance Management Reform for health in the state. And that A Desk review has been conducted on this by the consultant appointed by WHO of which stakeholders here has been part of.
State Coordinator of WHO, Dr Chukwumuanya Igboekwu, also present, said the workshop was geared toward achieving Universal Health Coverage noting that the EU/WHO partnership had started to yield positive results.
He assured that the EU/WHO would continue to support the state through the HSS project.
Participants include Secretary to the State Government (SSG), Prof Solo Chukwulobelu, the Commissioner for Economic Planning, Mr Mark Okoye, Special Adviser to the Governor on Health, Dr Simeon Onyemaechi.
Others are Executive Secretary Anambra State Primary Healthcare Development Agency, Dr Chioma Ezenyimulu, Chairman House Committee on Health, Dr Carter Dike, the state Accountant General, Mr Hilary Obigwe and the Auditor General, Mr Charles Onwuli. (MOI).
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