By: JOSHUA ADINOYI
The people of Abusoro Community in Akure North Local Government Area of
Ondo State will now have access to a Primary Health Care Centre as the European Union and Ondo State Government has opened a health center built two years ago.
A statement by Daisi Omokungbe, Executive Director of PROMAD, explained that the Organisation is happy about the news that the project has been commissioned.
“On April 28 2022, we received calls and messages from the people of Abusoro Community who we engaged during our project tracking visit, telling us that the Ministry had come to the Community to commission their Health Centre and they promised to bring in workers by in the month of May 2022.
“In March, our ‘Follow The Projects’, a social accountability arm of PROMAD Foundation had tracked project and reported how the project was abandoned after the completion of works
“Also, in April, the Organisation wrote to the European Union Delegation to Nigeria on the state of the project and why action must be taken by all partners that funded the project
“On April 13, the EU responded to our letter, commended PROMAD, and mandated the Federal Ministry of Finance, Budget, and National Planning
as well as the Ondo State government to deliver the project to the Community”
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The statement pointed out that ‘FollowTheProjects’ team will follow up on the utilization and functionality of the project by June.
“We appreciate the EU for their prompt response on the project and we hope to work more with them in future engagements and monitoring projects funded by them in Nigeria”
