Tinubu Approves Health Sector Reforms

President Bola Tinubu has sanctioned the creation of the Sector-wide Coordinating Office-Programme Management Unit (SCO-PMU) within the Office of the Coordinating Minister of Health and Social Welfare.

According to Ajuri Ngelale, Tinubu’s media aide, this initiative aims to ensure efficient, transparent, and accountable management of external grants for the Nigeria Health Sector Renewal Investment Initiative (NHSRII).

SCO-PMU will report to a Steering Committee/Ministerial Oversight Committee led by the Minister and including the Minister of State, the ministry’s Permanent Secretary, and representatives from the Ministries of Finance, Budget and Economic Planning, and relevant development partners.

Serving as the secretariat and delivery unit for NHSRII, SCO-PMU will be led by Dr. Muntaqa Umar Sadiq, who brings over 17 years of experience in public health and related sectors.

Sadiq, a doctoral candidate at the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, holds an M.Phil in Bioscience Enterprise from the University of Cambridge and an MBBS from Imperial College, London.

To date, $2.2 billion in external financing has been secured to support the implementation of NHSRII.

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