Hosting the 2025 National Council on Health Will Bring About Real Change In C’River Health Sector- Health Commissioner
The Cross River State Commissioner for Health Dr Egbe Ayuk has told participants at the ongoing World Bank assisted IMPACT Training Conference on quality of care in Calabar that Cross River will be hosting the next National Council on Health in 2025.
The Commissioner who was full of praises for the Governor of the State His Excellency Prince Bassey Edet Otu for making this possible told his audience that the decision was taken through a competitive process at the recently held 65th National Council on Health in Maiduguri Borno State.
He said that by the 2014 National Health Act, the National Council on Health remains the highest level for decision making on health, it approves National policies relating to health and enables the provision of health promotion, maintenance and basic health services for the country.
It will engineer real change in the health sector of Cross River State through effective participation by stakeholders in the state, memo development, shared learning and peer reviews with stakeholders from other parts of the country and international community. He enjoined the State and its entire health workforce to show more commitment towards health service delivery and be prepared to showcase best practices in the State Health sector to the world
Speaking earlier the Director of Cross River State Primary Healthcare Development Agency Dr Vivian Otu had admonished participants at the training to maximize the opportunity the training offers to enhance their use of the tools to improve quality of services be delivered in the health facilities in the State
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