Mimiko warns against political health data..

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Story by Edward Jaleyemi
Ondo State Governor, Dr Olusegun Mimiko has called for proper verification of emerging data from different sources in the health sector so as to differentiate genuine data-backed results  from politically generated ones.
Labour Party candidate, Mimiko
Labour Party candidate, Mimiko
Mimiko who was on Thursday   conferred   with an honorary fellowship award by the National postgraduate Medical College at its 33rd Convocation ceremony in Ijanikin, while receiving the award   challenged  scholars at the event to be more proactive in verifying data emanating from different sources so as to differentiate genuine data-backed results from politically generated ones.
The Governor who   promised that his government will continue to invest in the state’s   health facilities until it   is   established  as a point of reference in medical tourism in Nigeria and beyond,  said at the inception of his government, “It was clear there had to be a total overhaul and reform of the health  system and we chose to put maternal and child care at the front burner  of medical attention.
“We were resolute in our conviction that finances should not be a barrier to qualitative healthcare and that, for us to succeed, all pregnant women must be tracked from conception to delivery.”
Six years down the line he said, the government     home-grown Abiye  (safe-motherhood) programme is today, arguably one of the most successful and talked about healthcare initiatives in the developing world.
He said at   the inception of his administration in February 2009,   the government   met   a poorly funded, inadequately equipped health infrastructure manned by an  ill-motivated and under-staffed professional work force.

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