The United Nations Emergency Fund (UNICEF) has promised to commit about ₦480m to support women and children to access free healthcare services in Zamfara State.
The UNICEF Chief of the Sokoto Field office, Michael Juma disclosed this during a three-day formal opening of UNICEF Interaction with Zamfara State Government officials on the state’s Ten-Year Strategic Plan.
During the 3-day interaction on the state’s ten-year strategic plan, stakeholders believed the fund would help the Dauda Lawal-led administration, to achieve results in its efforts to engender sustainable development in the State, in the areas of Social, Economic and Environmental.
In his presentation, Juma said the fund would enable women and children to access free healthcare services in Zamfara State.
He added that it is ready to develop an accountability, monitoring and evaluation framework, to help the key officers managing the strategic plan to track progress, pledging to support the state government to enhance the competitiveness of staff on reporting and budgeting.
UNICEF also said it would assist Governor Dauda Lawal, to know where the resources are going, the results achieved, and how it would turn around the lives of the people.
While speaking, Governor Lawal commended UNICEF for its support to the state, and described the ten-year strategic plan as a roadmap to guide his administration in addressing challenges and achieving development goals.
UNICEF added that it is working to ensure children in the state have access to quality and inclusive education, with particular emphasis on out-of-school children to enrol them in school, to acquire appropriate quality education to help them realize their full potential when they grow up.
