Dr JANET EKPENYONG ATTENDS MINISTERIAL BRIEFING,GIVES LUCID AND PATENT INSIGHTS ON ISSUES IN THE MINISTRY OF HEALTH,HARPS ON ACHIEVEMENTS,CHALLENGES AND REMEDIATIONS

The honourable commissioner for health. DrJanet David Ekpenyong on Monday 16th January,2023 attended the ministerial briefing organized by the ministry of Information under the auspices of Hon.Eric Anderson Iso-Enangetta Speaking at the briefing the commisioner extolled and commended the goodheart and foresight of the governor Sen.Prof.Ben Ayade on appointing and saddling her with the task of coordinating and overseeing the affairs of the ministry of health as commisioner whilst eulogizing the massive feats of support and interest the sector has enjoyed as a result of the high level of importance his excellency attaches to the state health sector Dr. Janet Ekpenyong took out time to appreciate the gigantic and towering achievements of her predecessors Dr.Betta Edu and Dr.Mrs.Inyang Asibong the erstwhile commissioners of health as she spoke on pertinent issues that relates to ongoing interventions,executed and proposed programmes,funding and supports as well as partnership from foreign and Indigenous aides Elucidating on the burning issues she assured Cross Riverians of the commitment of the state government under her watch in partnership with other related agencies to ensuring quality health care delivery to all Cross Riverians at little or no cost as this is the core focus of the health sector She spoke on the approach and efforts of government in financing the health sector for easy access to schemes and services by constituents through the National Health Insurance Scheme(NHIS) which she noted that over forty thousand Cross Riverians are already beneficiaries through the AYADECARE INITIATIVE thereby granting them uninterrupted access to quality health care delivery She noted that the ministry is working assiduously to strengthen the logistic process in the sector which has hampered the free and timely access of drugs and other items for health workers across the state to enhance service delivery through the ZIP LINE PROJECT As part of government efforts in meeting up with prevailing demands and current realities Hon.Janet reiterated the commitment of his administration to the yearnings of health workers welfare as she applauded the current Gov. Ben Ayade's led administration for expressly and graciously approving the employment of nurses,midwives and health practitioners to boast the dwindling manpower of the sector as well as full implementation of the CONMESS salary pay structure which will see health workers in the state earn thesame pay package as their contemporaries at the federal to curb brain drain and encourage brain gain Dr.Janet was pleased to reel out myriads of achievements by the ministry of health under this administration which includes; Cross River State awarded as the second 2nd ranked state in the country on Tuberculosis and Malaria implementation success chat Awarded the best COVID 19 VACCINATION state Holds the record of 85% immunization coverage rate post COVID 19 Reduced ranking as one of the highest placed state on HIV/AIDS chat to 2.0 with ongoing efforts to attain the targetted 0% rate Imminent Commissioning of the best hospital facility in Nigeria the Obudu German Hospital with state of the art equipments and ever first of it's kind The honourable commisioner called on all well meaning Cross Riverians to join hands in supporting the efforts of government through this administration in delivering quality health care services even as she thanked the Ministry of Information and Orientation alongside the commisioner for health Hon. Eric Anderson Iso-Enangetta for creating a portal for Cross Riverians to be properly briefed and informed on programes and achievements of government.