HISTORICAL BACKGROUND
Ogun State Primary Health Care Development Board was created on 8th January, 2009. It was established to make preventive health care service delivery affordable, available and accessible to the rural populace and saddled with the responsibility of coordinating all primary health care activities in the 20 local government areas in the State in line with the policies of the Federal Ministry of Health and National Primary Health Care Development Agency, the overall coordinating Agency. Some of the primary health care programmes coordinated by this Agency include Nutrition, Immunization and Reproductive Health. These programmes are actively supported by foreign Developmental Partners, namely WHO, UNICEF, and UNFPA.
The Bill setting up the Agency was signed into Law by the immediate past Governor of Ogun State, Otunba Gbenga Daniel on 7th April, 2010.
STATUTORY FUNCTIONS
The Board was established to perform the following functions;
(c) advise the Governor and Local Government Areas Health Authorities
in the State on any matter regarding primary healthcare services in
the State;
(d) recruit, promote, post, transfer, train, and discipline staff on grade
level 07 and above;
(e) pay salaries and allowances to primary healthcare staff;
(f) disburse funds provided to it by the National Primary Health Care
Development Agency and other sources;
(g) undertake capital projects;
(h) Ensure that annual reports are rendered by primary healthcare facilities in the Local Government Health Authorities;
(i) ensure annual auditing of accounts of primary healthcare facilities in
the Local Government Health Authorities;
(j) consider applications for, and issue Certificate of Needs and Standard
to appropriate primary healthcare institution in its area of jurisdiction;
(k) perform such functions as may be assigned to it by the Governor or any
other recognized authority;
(l) hold quarterly meeting to review Primary Health Care activities in the
twenty Local Government Area Authorities in the State;
(m) hold bi-annual meetings with the Local Government Area Chairmen to
review their support to Primary Healthcare in their various Local
Government Area Authorities;
(n) monitor activities of Local Government Primary Health Authorities on
appointments, discipline and promotion of employees on GL. 01 to 06
in order to ensure that the guidelines are strictly and uniformly adhered to
(o) serve as the appellate body for all dismissal/retirement petition from aggrieved Primary Healthcare employees on GL. 01 to 06; and
(p) approve promotions for health employees on 01 to 06 as recommended by Local Government Health Authority.
