By Magnus Emuji
The President-General of Okpanam Youth Organisation, Comrade Lucky Okolo, has commended a Civil Society Organisation on Malaria Control, Immunisation and Nutrition (ACOMIN), for impacting the good people of Okpanam through its intervention in the healthcare facilities in the community.
Comrade Okolo stated this during the Community Engagement and Strategic Initiative (CE-SI) state media meeting held in Asaba, saying that under the CE-SI project, communities were central in identifying service deficiencies, monitoring healthcare service delivery, and influencing improvements within primary healthcare (PHC).
Represented by the Secretary-General of Okpanam Youth Organisation, Comrade Fidelis Ogochukwu Okonma, said that the healthcare centre in Obodogba and the Ogbe-Obi Comprehensive healthcare facility were functional today due to the unwavering commitment and effort of Pastor Gregory Sifo and other ACOMIN team.
He said that mothers could give birth at the facilities in Obodogba and Ogbe-Obi Quarters, Okpanam because of what ACOMIN had achieved in the community.
Addressing the journalists, the State Programme Officer of the CE-SI Project under ACOMIN intervention, Mr Henry Ifeanyi Nobea, said that community enlightenment and strategic initiatives aimed at strengthening the inclusion of communities most affected by HIV, TB, and malaria in state-level health decision-making.
Nobea stated that the key goal of ACOMIN was to promote accountability, ensuring that health authorities and service providers respond to the community’s needs and uphold their responsibilities.
The CE-SI Programme Officer said that the CE-SI Project had recorded significant achievements, especially at Umunaje PHC in Asaba, Oshimili North Local Government Area of Delta State and other healthcare facilities.
He stated that through the intervention, the Rotary Club of Asaba donated a luminous MTN inverter system with 9 bulbs at the cost of N90,000 to address power challenges, and a donation of an OX standing fan by the State ACOMIN chairman, Pastor Gregory Sifo, to improve ventilation and patient comfort.
Nobea, who particularly said that the NGO played a key role in revamping Obodogba healthcare centre and the Ogbe-Obi Comprehensive healthcare facility, urged community leaders and stakeholders to contribute meaningfully towards ensuring effective healthcare service delivery in the state.
Earlier, the State Chairman of ACOMIN, Pastor Gregory Sifo, stressed the need for sacrifice for the project for the benefit of humanity, recalling that the ACOMIN programme was designed to offer quality healthcare services.
Sifo explained that ACOMIN was supporting healthcare centres to see how the issues confronting the health system could be mitigated through that community-led monitoring model.
In their separate goodwill messages, the state partners lauded ACOMIN for its Inspiring efforts in uplifting the healthcare facilities for effective service delivery.
