By Our Reporter
A non-governmental organisation, Family Health Advocates in Nigeria Initiative (FHANI), has praised Kaduna State Government for its efforts in sustaining child spacing activities in the state through consistent funding of the programme.
A statement by Acting Secretary of the Organisation, Iliya Kure said, “FHANI recognises and commend the state government for increasing budgetary allocation for procurement of child spacing consumables and commodities in the 2019 draft budget submitted to the State House of Assembly.
“Last year, the budget allocation for procurement of consumables and commodities was N75 million. In the 2019 budget draft submitted to the House of Assembly for approval, the state is proposing to spend the sum of N120 million.
“Recall that recently the State government created a second budget line to address the other five thematic components of child spacing not covered by the initial budget line. The proposed allocation for this new budget line in the 2019 budget draft submitted to the House of Assembly is N27.6 million.
“This is to say; Kaduna state government has fully complied with international standards on financing child spacing programme.
“We celebrate Kaduna State because, no state in Nigeria has attained this feat.
On FHANI’s optimism for the proposals to see the light of the day, the statement says, “We are confident that the State House of Assembly Members will continue to support child spacing programme, because it is about women’s health.
“We recently had a meeting with relevant House Committees on the issue and they displayed good understanding of health challenges faced by women in Kaduna state. They have promised to do all within their power to ensure women of reproductive age receive the needed attention.
“We therefore call on all stakeholders to support the effort of Kaduna state government in addressing the high maternal death indices in the state, especially through child spacing programme,” the statement says.
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