Gombe State Accountability Mechanism for Maternal and Newborn and Child Health (GoSAM) has urged the state government to increase budget of Health sector from 8.5 to 15 percent based on the Abuja declaration in April 2001.
 
Hajiya Zariyatu Abubakar chairperson advocacy subcommittee GoSAM made the called in Gombe on Thursday when the group paid an advocacy visit to the state Ministry for Economic Planning.
 
“We are appealing to state government to increase the budgetary allocation for health from 8.5 percent to 15 percent Abuja declaration.”
 
“Also to ensure the release of at least 70 per cent capital budget to State Ministry of Health and Gombe State Primary Health Care Development Agency“ she said.
 
She also expressed the need for state government to involve Civil Society Organizations in budget planning process in the Ministry of Economic planning.
 
She said, following the 2016 health budget scorecard which gives a poor pictorial information on the status of Maternal and Neonatal Health and Health budget performance in the state, something urgent need to be done.
 
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