ODSIP Newsletter Vol. 1. No. 12
According to the World Health Organisation (2020), over 200 million people living in developing nations, including Nigeria, lack access to basic medical supplies – ranging from drugs to vaccines, among others. Hence, healthcare systems at all levels, are confronted with significant obstacles that hinder the success of Universal Health Coverage (UHC). Meanwhile, the concept of UHC is to provide access to affordable, safe, effective and quality medicines and health commodities among people living in the developing world. As captured in the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), UHC aims to reduce influx of counterfeit pharmaceuticals that have invaded various countries’ supply chains. Over the years, counterfeits remain unlawful and pose significant public health risk that can result in death and undermine public trust in healthcare systems and experts.
ODSIP Newsletter Vol. 1. No. 11
Mr. Koledoye is an employee of the Ondo State Government and currently serving in a Ministry along Oyemekun road in Akure. He lives in a rented apartment around Ondo Road with other members of his family despite having a property at Ijoka area of Akure. His quest to rent an apartment away from home was based on appalling state of road linking his residence to other parts of the State. His house, in Ijoka area, though completed remains inaccessible and becomes a nightmare during raining season whilst successive governments have given no attention to the area. Without mincing words, the plight of Mr. Koledoye remains the predicament of many public servants and residents of Ondo State, especially those who live around Ijoka, Oda Road, Kajola, Adebowale and some other areas in the State. Prior to the beginning of Akeredolu-led administration, the media had been inundated with reports of residents and vehicles being swept away by erosion during raining season while some abandoned their houses in order to seek refuge at somewhere else.
ODSIP Newsletter Vol. 1. No. 10
Flood is a common phenomenon. However, in Nigeria’s recent experience, two bouts of flood stand out – the 2012 and 2022. Incessant flooding has brought worries and concerns not only to government, but Nigerians and international communities. According to reports, the flood killed over 600 people, injured about 2,400 persons and displaced over 1.4 million residents. In addition, over 200,000 homes/houses and other valuable properties were destroyed, while thousands of hectares of land were also damaged. Experts have observed that the flood was caused by heavy rainfall, climate change and release of water from the Lagdo Dam in Cameroon.
ODSIP Newsletter Vol. 1. No. 9
As the contemporary world continues to break development barriers in healthcare delivery, health insurance scheme has proven to be one of the most efficient and sustainable means of health care financing across the world. It, thus, remains part of government’s commitment to fulfilling the Goal Three of the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) – “Good health and well being” and a strategy for achieving Universal Health Coverage (UHC). Contributory Health Insurance seeks to drastically reduce the burden of high out-of-pocket expenses of the citizenry on health (95% of Nigerians) based on (FMOH, 2018; 2022).
Ondo Inaugurates Committee on Service Innovation Challenge
In its bid to further strengthen the civil service for effective service delivery, the Ondo State Head of Service, Pastor Kayode Ogundele has set up a committee on Service Innovation Challenge. Speaking on Wednesday at the inauguration, Pastor Ogundele disclosed that the desire to make civil servants think and do things differently for optimal results informed the setting up of the committee.
He expressed optimism that the committee would complement other earlier efforts of the present administration in the state to reposition the service for better performance. ‘When you look at the civil service today, we complain, they are indolent… If people are not thinking, they would definitely be indolent. We need to create a kind of environment where we will make people start thinking. Thinking of what they can add in terms of value to the system’ Ogundele posited.
‘It is clear that the civil service of today demands the need to justify why we are there. We need to let the government know that these people actually matter’. ‘So, it is we must put the template in place that will challenge our people to begin to think of innovation, think of how to improve the system and do things better.’ He added.
Earlier in his remarks, the Administrative Secretary of the Reform Office in the office of the Head of Service, Mr Adewale Omomowo, while noting that the task of driving government policies and programmes, said the era of conservatism was gone it was imperative to evolve new ideas that would impact the system. According to him, with the new innovation, ideas of individual civil servants would be harnessed and subject to critical analyses to achieve better running of the system.
In his response on behalf of other committee members, the Chairman of the committee and Permanent Secretary of the state Ministry of Economic Planning and Budget, Mr. Bayo Philip gave assurance that the committee would carry out its duties accordingly with the seriousness it deserved.
Other members of the committee include the Permanent Secretary in the state Ministry of Health, Pharm. Mrs. Folukemi Aladelola, her counterpart, Mr. Femi Aladelola and the Administrative Secretary in the state Reform Office, Mr. Adewale Omomowo.
Sina Adeyeye
Office of the H.o.S
