Niger State health facilities are experiencing shortages in family planning materials in the State.
Executive Director, Niger State Primary Health Care Development Agency (NSPHCDA) Dr Ibrahim Ahmed Dangana blamed the shorfall on the increase in number of women presenting themselves for family planning in the state, and the corresponding use of available materials.
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Dangana decried the inadequate funding of the agency, saying it is entitled to 15 per cent of revenue allocation from the 25 council areas of the state.
He lamented that instead of the designated 15 per cent accruable to the Agency by law, less than N2.5million is all it gets from a few local council monthly. Dangana said that more funds will help to strengthen the implementation of the Primary Health Care Under One Roof (PHCUOR) policy.