Sterling Bank Plc has hinged its foray into the health sector on the
current poor state of the sector in the country and the consequences of
this on the citizens coupled with the need for public- private
collaboration for adequate repositioning.
This, according to the bank,
necessitated its sponsorship of the 2016 edition of the Nigerian Service
Delivery Innovation Challenge organised by the Federal Ministry of
Health.
The event, which held recently at
Transcorp Hilton, Abuja was attended by prominent personalities in the
health and other key sectors of the economy including the Minister of
State for Health, Dr. Osagie Ehanire, Minister of Industry, Trade and
Investment, Dr. Okechukwu Enelamah, Minister of State for Budget and
National Planning, Mrs. Zainab Ahmed and Executive Director, Sterling
Bank Plc, Mr. Abubakar Suleiman who represented the lender’s Managing
Director and Chief Executive, Mr. Yemi Adeola among others
The bank in a statement signed by its
Chief Marketing Officer, Mr. Henry Bassey, explained that the
sponsorship of the innovation challenge was designed to compliment the
federal government’s drive towards improving healthcare services in the
country.
He further emphasised the bank’s
interest in a cleaner healthier environment for Nigerians “as
demonstrated in our Sterling Make-Over (STEM) initiative which continues
to reinforce our conviction in a cleaner and more prosperous nation”.
The bank expressed optimism that the
‘Challenge’ would contribute to helping Nigeria make progress in the
areas of vaccination coverage among young children; check contraceptive
prevalence rate among Nigerians; increase Vitamin A coverage among
children of between six months to five years of age and promote the use
of insecticide-treated bed nets by children under five amongst others.
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