Action For Rural Development (AFRUD), a civil society group yesterday presented the gazetted law of the Cross River State Primary Healthcare Development Agency to the Director General, Dr. Betta Edu in her office at Moore Road, Calabar.
Receiving first printed copies of the law, Dr. Edu said it’s a very beautiful thing to have Governor Ben Ayade who is Pro-Health and has sector specific intelligence in health, [ads1]signing into law bills that have transformed the landscape of health care reforms in the state. we now have a gazetted Law For Cross River State Primary Health Care Dev Agency which can be quoted or referenced anywhere in the world. This simply means no going back on our quest to institutionalize primary healthcare under one roof in Cross River State.
She said the Agency is very grateful to His Excellency, Senator ( Prof) Ben Ayade the Governor of Cross River State for his support to improving Primary Health and making it a law. She said that with the law, Cross River State Primary Healthcare Development Agency can have the right to work and deliver on their mandate by coordinating all affairs relating to Primary Healthcare in the State.
Dr. Edu went further to thank the Deputy Governor, the Honourable Commissioner for Health, the Speaker State House of Assembly, House Committee Chairman on Health, Chairman Local Government Service Commission and the Civil Society Organization for their support to ensuring the success of Primary Healthcare Under one Roof through their contributions to the Law.
She said that more can be achieved in revitalising Primary Healthcare in the State if all partners and stakeholders work in tandem with the policy and goals of the Governor and the Agency.
Presenting the gazetted law to the Director General of CRSPHCDA Dr. Betta Edu, Mr. Gregory Agam said that their role was to ensure that after signing the bill into law by the State Governor, to facilitate and get the law gazetted, today, we present it to the Agency as a workable document that will help strengthen Primary Health Care Development Agency in the State.
Action For Rural Development (AFRUD) civil society group is an organization and network of Civil Society Organizations (CSOs) for Primary Health Care Under One Roof.
Present at the presentation were Director of Administration, Pastor ( Barr) Dan Effiom and the Director of Finance, Health Policy Specialist Alexia amongst others.
Source: Paul Ojeka
