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| Ondo State Commissioner for Health, Dr Wahab Adegbenro |
Ondo State new Commissioner for Health, Dr Wahab Adegbenro has pledged to key
into the vision of the state Governor, Arakunrin Oluwarotimi Akeredolu
in ensuring that the state’s health sector have it’s pride of place in
Nigeria and beyond.
Dr Adegbenro who made the pledge during a meeting with the Management and
staff of the Ondo state Ministry of health and its parastatals,
enjoined that all hands must be on deck in actualizing this vision.
staff of the Ondo state Ministry of health and its parastatals,
enjoined that all hands must be on deck in actualizing this vision.
A statement from the press officer in the ministry, Abooluwa Famakinwa and made available to THE PRECISION, said the
commissioner charged all stakeholders in the sector to value the life
of the people and ensure that no life is lost on account of lack of
funds.
commissioner charged all stakeholders in the sector to value the life
of the people and ensure that no life is lost on account of lack of
funds.
He sought the
cooperation of the people to work as a team towards achieving a common
goal of “good and affordable health for all”, adding that there must be oneness
and unity amongst management and staff.
cooperation of the people to work as a team towards achieving a common
goal of “good and affordable health for all”, adding that there must be oneness
and unity amongst management and staff.
Dr Adegbenro added that the Governor has high expectations from the health
sector, warning that his team cannot afford to fail him.
sector, warning that his team cannot afford to fail him.
While
corroborating the words of the commissioner, Special Adviser to the
Governor on Health, Dr Jibayo Adeyeye said there’s a need for the
health workers to think outside the box and evolve new strategies of
raising funds so that the health of the people is not toiled with
despite economic challenges.
corroborating the words of the commissioner, Special Adviser to the
Governor on Health, Dr Jibayo Adeyeye said there’s a need for the
health workers to think outside the box and evolve new strategies of
raising funds so that the health of the people is not toiled with
despite economic challenges.
Dr Adeyeye stressed that the health sector must be up and doing so as to deliver a robust health care system to the state.
The ministry’s permanent secretary, Dr Taiye Oni, who
spoke on behalf of the management and staff of the Ministry of Health,
Primary Health Care Development Board, Hospitals’ Management Board and other
parastatals under the ministry, expressed readiness to work with the
commissioner and his team.
spoke on behalf of the management and staff of the Ministry of Health,
Primary Health Care Development Board, Hospitals’ Management Board and other
parastatals under the ministry, expressed readiness to work with the
commissioner and his team.
He
pledged the loyalty of the staff, adding that the Ondo state’s health
sector has the best of hands and well trained personnel to carry out the
task ahead.
pledged the loyalty of the staff, adding that the Ondo state’s health
sector has the best of hands and well trained personnel to carry out the
task ahead.
Highpoints
of the event was the joy, excitement, and love with which the
commissioner and his team were received as members of staff prayed that
the inception of Dr Adegbenro as the Ondo state commissioner for health
for the second time, would usher in more prosperity and good tidings
for the sector.
of the event was the joy, excitement, and love with which the
commissioner and his team were received as members of staff prayed that
the inception of Dr Adegbenro as the Ondo state commissioner for health
for the second time, would usher in more prosperity and good tidings
for the sector.
THE PRECISION recalled that Dr Wahab Adegbenro was a one time commissioner for
health towards the tail end of Adebayo Adefarati’s administration in
2003.
health towards the tail end of Adebayo Adefarati’s administration in
2003.
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