Some primary healthcare centres in Niger State are yet to feel the impact of the Federal Government's Basic Health Care Provision Fund (BHCPF), which seeks to improve Nigeria's healthcare coverage, especially for the vulnerable. WikkiTimes’ Hamzat Ibrahim Abaga, who visited some of the state’s primary healthcare centres, reports his findings.
Stakeholders have identified gender-based violence, early marriage, environment, terrorism and banditry as factors hindering the education of the girl child.
The Permanent Secretary in Niger State Ministry of Women Affairs and Social Development, Hajiya Kaltum Rufa’i, says the government is determined to end the activities of commercial sex workers in the state.