By Ibrahim Kado
The United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) said it would train 4,500 health workers on Straightening Access to Reproductive and Adolescent Health (SARAH) in Adamawa, Kwara and Sokoto States.
Mr Oluseyi Olosunde, the Health Officer, UNICEF Nigeria, Bauchi Field Office made this known at a sensitisation workshop for stakeholders for the successful implementation of the programme in Yola, Adamawa state.
He said that the four-year programme, which was in collaboration with the United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA), would be implemented and its sustainability taken seriously.
He said that the objective was to strengthen national and sub- national institution’s capacity to deliver integrated services, evidence-based policy, and planning among others.
Olosunde said that the partners would provide technical support to strengthen the capacity of the instructors to deliver.
He appreciated the efforts of the Adamawa government on its policies and programmes in the health sector.
In his remarks, Mr Felix Tangwami, the Commissioner of Health in the state thanked the partners for considering the state for such a programme.
He charged the stakeholders to take the sensitisation seriously for a successful implementation in the state.
“Please discuss professionally for the programme to succeed. Ensure that our people get the best out of it.
“We have done well in the past because we laid a good foundation for others to continue from where we stopped,” he said.
