…As Enugu records 80% spike in PHC visits, 88.9% rise in immunisation coverage_
…Mbah tasks community leaders on awareness, monitoring, and feedback
The World Health Organisation (WHO), United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF), and community leaders have commended the Governor Peter Mbah administration for its huge investment and commitment to primary healthcare in Enugu State.
They gave the commendations on the occasion of the combined 2026 Biannual Meeting and Supportive Supervisory Visit by Governor Mbah to Type 2 Primary Healthcare Centre, Ihe Ward, Nsukka Local Government Area of the state on Tuesday.
Speaking, the South East Zonal Coordinator of WHO Nigeria, Dr. Chukwumuanya Igbonekwu, described the governor’s continued supervisory visits to the state’s PHC facilities as a powerful catalyst for accountability, motivation, assessment of challenges and progress, and continuous improvement in service delivery.
“Therefore, WHO highly commends the Government of Enugu State for prioritising health sector investments and fostering an enabling environment for implementing key public health programmes,” he said, pledging WHO’s continued support to the administration’s efforts to build resilient health systems capable of addressing current and emerging health challenges.
On his part, the Chief of UNICEF Field Office in Enugu, Juliet Chiluwe, represented by the Health Logistics Consultant, Dr. Charles Abel, commended the governor for a “steadfast commitment to optimising primary healthcare service delivery across the state.”
“Routine field oversight of this nature is clear evidence of a leadership that prioritises the health, survival, and well-being of its citizens, particularly vulnerable women and children,” she stated, reaffirming UNICEF’s commitment to supporting the government.
Meanwhile, Governor Mbah, who had held separate interactive meetings with traditional rulers and women leaders of Nsukka LGA, said his administration intentionally invested heavily in building 260 PHCs across the 260 wards of the state to ensure that nobody was left behind.
He expressed satisfaction that the investments in the PHCs had paid off by helping to drastically cut down maternal mortality, insisting that the state targets zero maternal mortality as “no woman should die giving birth in any part of Enugu State.”
The governor charged the traditional rulers, women leaders, and other grassroots leaders to use their influence to create awareness, champion immunisation, antenatal and postnatal care, encourage subscription to universal healthcare coverage, and monitor service delivery at their PHCs, escalating observed gaps to the authorities.
“I have also listened to our elders. We are going to have the MRI, the CT scan, and all the radiological services at the State University of Medical and Applied Sciences (SUMAS) Teaching Hospital so that you do not have to travel to Enugu to get full healthcare services. This I guarantee you,” he assured.
In their remarks, the Chairman of Nsukka LGA, Engr. Jude Asogwa; Chairman of the Enugu State chapter of the Nigerian Medical Association (NMA), Dr. Sunday Okafor; and the Commissioner for Health, Enugu State, Prof. George Ugwu, extolled Governor Mbah’s commitment to the health sector.
“So, as you are going back to Enugu, just have it at the back of your mind that you, our President, and all your lineup will be delivered in the 2027 general election,” Asogwa assured.
