Kano emirate inaugurates 7,664 health c’ttees

The Emir of Kano, Mallam Muhammadu Sanusi ll, yesterday inaugurated 7,664 committees called Kano Emirate Council Committees on Health (KECCOH) with a view to facilitating healthcare delivery at local and ward levels in the state.

Speaking at the inauguration of the committees in Kura Local Government Area of the state, Sanusi said the emirate set up the committee to support the federal and state governments in the fight against polio and other related diseases.

Emir Sanusi said the emirate council takes the fight against child killer diseases seriously.

He said the main duty of the committees was to enlighten the people on the importance of routine immunization, ante-natal, post-natal, child and maternal death among other issues related to health.

“It is part of our duties as leaders to improve the health condition of subjects at all levels. We introduced the committees just to help government achieve its goals in the health sector. All district heads, village heads and ward heads would be incorporated into the committee so that our people would be enlightened on every health activity, especially the routine immunization,” he said.

In his speech, Kano State Governor, Dr. Abdullahi Umar Ganduje, who was represented by the state Commissioner of Health, Dr. Kabir Ibrahim Getso, said the present administration was committed to the improvement of the heath sector.

He said government recently earmarked over N300 million for equipping 137 hospitals with modern health facilities.

The governor urged members of the committee to be committed to their duties.