Group urge LG heads to make funds available for FP consumables
In ensuring that family planning services and consumables are free at the local government level, The Lagos State Advocacy Working Group (LAWG), has urged the Sole Administrators of Local governments to make available and release regularly, a monthly imprests for family planning (FP) consumables at the Primary Health Centres. The group made the call during their last review meeting held in collaboration with Nigerian Urban Reproductive Health Initiative (NURHI), in Lagos. The group noted that family planning consumables are now free at the secondary facilities while some Primary Health Centres (PHCs), have also started making FP consumables free. According to the group’s Chairperson, Barr. Ayo Adebusoye, this improvement partly due to their many advocacy visits to some of the Local Council Development Area (LCDAS) Sole Administrators, requesting for imprests for FP consumable. “As a result of these visits, some of the sole administrators have started releasing monthly impress for F