Rivers State has won the coveted prize as the Best Performing State in the South-South Region in the Primary Healthcare Leadership Challenge, emerging as the South South Champion and National runner up.
This was announced in an event organized by the Nigeria Governors Forum and supported by UNICEF, Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation, Aliko Dangote Foundation, Federal Ministry of Health and Social Welfare and National Primary Healthcare Development Agency on Thursday night.
At the awards and gala night ceremony, which held at the State House Banquet Hall, Rivers State won a $500,000 award for being the best from the South South region and the second best in the country, demonstrating consistent hard work from the health teams in the State despite apparent challenges.
Her Excellency, Deputy Governor, Prof. Ngozi Nma Odu, who represented the Governor and led the state delegation to receive the award, praised the organisers through their Independent Verification Teams and Independent Judging Panel for their objective evaluation and assessesment of the performance of the State in the comity of states in the Federation.
The Primary Health Care (PHC) Leadership Challenge is a flagship programme of the Nigeria Governors Forum (NGF).
