By Muhammad Amaan
The Chairman of the House of Representatives Committee on Healthcare Services, Hon. Dr Amos Gwamna Magaji, has visited Borno State on legislative oversight and advocacy.
Borno State is one of the four Zero Dose Learning Hub (ZDLH) focus states, alongside Bauchi, Kano and Sokoto.
Health Reporters Newspaper reports that it is a major milestone following the ๐๐๐๐ค๐จ ๐ฟ๐๐๐ก๐๐ง๐๐ฉ๐๐ค๐ฃ from the Zero Dose Learning Hub (ZDLH) Legislative Retreat.
The visit, which also included the ZDLH/AHBN Borno Team Lead, Dr. Adamu Alhassan Umar, marked the first official engagement by the National Assembly in assessing the burden of zero-dose children in the ZDLH states.
The delegation was received by the Borno State Commissioner for Health, Prof. Baba Malam Gana, and other key state health stakeholders who provided critical insights into the stateโs immunization challenges, BHCPF implementation, and ongoing health sector reforms.
Hon. Amos said, โ๐๐ฉ๐ช๐ด ๐ท๐ช๐ด๐ช๐ต ๐ช๐ด ๐ข๐ญ๐ด๐ฐ ๐ฑ๐ข๐ณ๐ต ๐ฐ๐ง ๐ฐ๐ถ๐ณ ๐ฐ๐ฏ๐จ๐ฐ๐ช๐ฏ๐จ ๐ญ๐ฆ๐จ๐ช๐ด๐ญ๐ข๐ต๐ช๐ท๐ฆ ๐ฐ๐ท๐ฆ๐ณ๐ด๐ช๐จ๐ฉ๐ต ๐ฐ๐ฏ ๐ค๐ณ๐ช๐ต๐ช๐ค๐ข๐ญ ๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ข๐ญ๐ต๐ฉ๐ค๐ข๐ณ๐ฆ ๐ฅ๐ฆ๐ญ๐ช๐ท๐ฆ๐ณ๐บ ๐ช๐ด๐ด๐ถ๐ฆ๐ด ๐ข๐ค๐ณ๐ฐ๐ด๐ด ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ค๐ฐ๐ถ๐ฏ๐ต๐ณ๐บ.โ
He added that, โ๐๐ฆ ๐ข๐ณ๐ฆ ๐ง๐ฐ๐ค๐ถ๐ด๐ช๐ฏ๐จ ๐ฐ๐ฏ ๐ต๐ธ๐ฐ ๐ฌ๐ฆ๐บ ๐ข๐ณ๐ฆ๐ข๐ด: ๐ข๐ด๐ด๐ฆ๐ด๐ด๐ช๐ฏ๐จ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ด๐ช๐ต๐ถ๐ข๐ต๐ช๐ฐ๐ฏ ๐ช๐ฏ ๐ด๐ต๐ข๐ต๐ฆ๐ด ๐ธ๐ช๐ต๐ฉ ๐ฉ๐ช๐จ๐ฉ ๐ฏ๐ถ๐ฎ๐ฃ๐ฆ๐ณ๐ด ๐ฐ๐ง ๐ป๐ฆ๐ณ๐ฐ-๐ฅ๐ฐ๐ด๐ฆ ๐ค๐ฉ๐ช๐ญ๐ฅ๐ณ๐ฆ๐ฏ; ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฐ๐ด๐ฆ ๐ธ๐ฉ๐ฐ ๐ฉ๐ข๐ท๐ฆ ๐ฏ๐ฆ๐ท๐ฆ๐ณ ๐ณ๐ฆ๐ค๐ฆ๐ช๐ท๐ฆ๐ฅ ๐ข๐ฏ๐บ ๐ณ๐ฐ๐ถ๐ต๐ช๐ฏ๐ฆ ๐ช๐ฎ๐ฎ๐ถ๐ฏ๐ช๐ป๐ข๐ต๐ช๐ฐ๐ฏ ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ฆ๐ท๐ข๐ญ๐ถ๐ข๐ต๐ช๐ฏ๐จ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ณ๐ฆ๐ญ๐ฆ๐ข๐ด๐ฆ ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ถ๐ต๐ช๐ญ๐ช๐ป๐ข๐ต๐ช๐ฐ๐ฏ ๐ฐ๐ง ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐๐ข๐ด๐ช๐ค ๐๐ฆ๐ข๐ญ๐ต๐ฉ๐ค๐ข๐ณ๐ฆ ๐๐ณ๐ฐ๐ท๐ช๐ด๐ช๐ฐ๐ฏ ๐๐ถ๐ฏ๐ฅ.
โ๐๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ค๐ข๐ด๐ฆ ๐ฐ๐ง ๐ค๐ฉ๐ช๐ญ๐ฅ๐ณ๐ฆ๐ฏ ๐ธ๐ฉ๐ฐ ๐ฉ๐ข๐ท๐ฆ ๐ฏ๐ฆ๐ท๐ฆ๐ณ ๐ณ๐ฆ๐ค๐ฆ๐ช๐ท๐ฆ๐ฅ ๐ข๐ฏ๐บ ๐ณ๐ฐ๐ถ๐ต๐ช๐ฏ๐ฆ ๐ช๐ฎ๐ฎ๐ถ๐ฏ๐ช๐ป๐ข๐ต๐ช๐ฐ๐ฏ ๐ช๐ด ๐ข ๐ฎ๐ข๐ต๐ต๐ฆ๐ณ ๐ฐ๐ง ๐ถ๐ณ๐จ๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ต ๐ฏ๐ข๐ต๐ช๐ฐ๐ฏ๐ข๐ญ ๐ค๐ฐ๐ฏ๐ค๐ฆ๐ณ๐ฏ.”
The committee members pledged to champion timely releases of BHCPF from the NPHCDA and advocate for an upward review of the 1% consolidated revenue allocation to 2%.
The team also on facility tours visited the Borno State University College of Medicine and Teaching Hospital alongside Governor Babagana Umara Zulum, and the Coordinating Minister of Health and Social Welfare, Professor Muhammad Ali Pate.
There was also an advocacy visit to the Palace of Shehu of Borno, Alhaji Abubakar Ibn Kyari Umar Garbai El-Kanemi, which added depth to the mission.
There was also the presentation of the 2024 Immunization Budget Accountability Scorecard, reinforcing the evidence-based advocacy approach that ZDLH continues to champion in Nigeriaโs immunization landscape.
