120 of every 1,000 children in FCT die at birth

ABUJA— The Federal Capital Territory Administration,   FCTA, Wednesday,  said 120 of every 1,000 children born in the FCT die at birth as 425 of every 100,000 women that give birth in the territory lose their lives in the process of delivery.

Secretary, Health and Human Services Secretariat of the FCT administration, Dr Demola Onakomaiya, disclosed when the Minister of State, FCT, Olajumoke Akinjide, inaugurated the Ministerial Committee on Rejuvenating Primary HealthCare System in FCT.

Onakomaiya said the development, which was a fallout of the failure of primary health facilities in the territory, had prompted the FCTA to declare a state of emergency in the sector.

The Minister of State FCT, Olajumoke Akinjide said: “The administration is concerned that despite the huge expenditures on PHC infrastructure and personnel, the sub sector still appeared moribund”.