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The Niger State House of Assembly Committee on Health and Nutrition has uncovered alleged mismanagement of primary healthcare (PHC) funds by some healthcare officials in the state.
The committee chairman, Umar Nasir, stated this at a two-day interface with the directors of health facilities in the 25 local government areas in the state on Friday.
Nasir alleged that some officers in charge of the funds withdrew money from the state government account into their personal accounts before utilisation.
The findings followed a petition from a radio station to the committee.
The radio station alleged that over N300,000 in quarterly funding by NiCARE for enrollees to Baruwa Primary Healthcare (PHC) centre in the Wushishi local government area of the state had been embezzled.
The organization said the funds were allegedly diverted into the pockets of some PHC officers and other unauthorised individuals.
Nasir said the committee would no longer tolerate this process and advised that transactions should be done directly from the government accounts to wherever they want to utilise the money.
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