The Ogun State Government says all machineries have been put in place, to ensure a hitch-free and successful hosting of the 60th edition of the National Council on Health.
The meeting, which is the apex policy making body on health, is scheduled to hold in Abeokuta, the state capital, between Monday, 6th and Thursday 9th, October, 2017.
Secretary to the State Government and Chairman, Local Organising Committee for the event, Barr. Taiwo Adeoluwa, who stated this while briefing journalists in Abeokuta, indicated that the meeting would be formally declared open by the State Governor, Senator Ibikunle Amosun.
Adeoluwa, at the briefing, also attended by the Commissioner for Health, Mr. Babatunde Ipaye and his Information and Strategy counterpart, Otunba Dayo Adeneye as well as representatives of the Federal Ministry of Health, said the Council has as its theme, “Economic Recovery and Growth Plan (ERGP) and the Health Sector: Matters Arising”.
According to him, the hosting would provide a veritable platform for the state to showcase its achivements, particularly in the health sector, to the world and also rub minds with practioners, with a view to providing better health care services for its people.
“We are happy to host this convention. It is a measure of improved confidence in our administration and the modest achievements we have made in the health sector, since we came on board.
“We are happy that the Federal Government and the Ministry of Health, found us worthy of the hosting right. We want to assure our people and our guests that we are fully ready”, Adeoluwa said.
In his own contribution, Ipaye added that experts from Nigeria and abroad are expected to attend the four-day event, to compare notes and chart the way forward in the health sector.
Also speaking, the representative of the Federal Ministry of Health and Director, Department of Health, Planning, Research and Statistics, Federal Ministry of Health, Dr. Akin Oyemakinde, who affirmed that the previous edition of the meeting, hosted by the state, was the most successful in the history of the Council, expressed confidence that the forthcoming meeting would be seamless.