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  • Kano State Government to construct 400 community health centers in 2017

    Kano State Government to construct 400 community health centers in 2017

    The Kano State Government has set aside N1.7 billion in the 2017 proposed budget for the construction of more than 400 Community Health Centers across the state, the Commissioner for Health, Dr Kabiru Getso, said.

    The commissioner made the disclosure at a news conference on Tuesday after he defended funds allocated to the ministry for the 2017 fiscal year before the Kano State House of Assembly’s Committee on Health.

    Getso said the community health centers would be constructed in 484 council wards of the state.

    He explained that the school of Nursing and Midwifery at Danbatta Local Government Area would serve as training institution for personnel that would provide services in the proposed health centers.

    Getso said the measure was part of the state government’s efforts to ensure effective and efficient health service delivery at the grassroots.

    In a related development, the Rector, Kano State Polytechnic, Prof. Moukhtar Atiku, said N172 million had been allocated to the institution for capital and recurrent expenditure for the coming year.

    Atiku said out of the amount, N100 million had been set aside for courses accreditation of various schools under the Polytechnic.

    According to him, the remaining N72 million will be used for capital projects, including general renovation of the School of Rural and Community Development, Rano, Kano.

     

  • Buhari sets date to present 2017 Budget

    Buhari sets date to present 2017 Budget

    President Muhammadu Buhari will present the 2017 budget proposal to a joint session of the National Assembly on Wednesday, Dec. 14.

    This is contained in a letter to the Senate and read by the President of the Senate, Dr Bukola Saraki, at the floor of the upper chamber on Tuesday in Abuja.

    The letter reads: “I crave the indulgence of the National Assembly to grant me the 10.00 hours on Wednesday Dec. 14, to formally address a joint session of the National Assembly on the 2017 budget proposal.’’

    The President will also address the joint session on plans to get the country out of recession.

    “Please extend, Mr Senate President the assurances of my highest regards to the distinguished senators as I look forward to addressing the joint session.”

    Meanwhile, the Senate is yet to approve the Medium Term Expenditure Framework (MTEF) and the Fiscal Strategy Paper (FSP).

    The two documents convey the estimates upon which any budget is predicated.

    The Senate had spotted ‘loop holes’ in the documents and had asked the executive to fill the missing gaps.

    However, the Minister of Budget and National Planning, Udo Udoma, stressed that the document was well prepared. He said his ministry had adequately addressed the observations made against MTEF by the National Assembly.

    “Naturally, the estimates, every time you improve on your estimate based on the latest estimates. For instance, one of the issues they raised was about the exchange rate.

    “That we used 290 as the exchange rate, and that was the exchange rate of the time.

    “So, you only use the exchange rate that is valid at that time. Naturally by now you will change that.

    “But that MTEF was extremely well prepared consistent with the best possible methods of ‎preparation by people who are very experienced in preparing MTEFs,” he said.