Health Ministry Wins SERVICOM Award, Named Overall Best Performing MDA

Onyebuchi Ezigbo in Abuja 

The Federal Ministry of Health and Social Welfare has emerged as the overall best performing Ministry, Department and Agency (MDA) in the country as it was bestowed with additional three distinguished awards by the SERVICOM Office in the Presidency. 

In a statement by Deputy Director, Information and Public Relations, AlabaBalogun, said the four awards were – the Special Recognition Award; Most Innovative in Team A; Best Performing in Team A, and Overall Best Performing MDA, which was the ultimate; according to the Coordinating Minister for Health &  Social Welfare Prof Muhammad Ali Pate.

Speaking during the SERVICOM’s end of year award ceremony for all MDAs, Pate noted that public service was rooted in purpose, driven by commitment and focused on results. 

Pate, dedicated the awards to Nigerians whom the Health Ministry serves and, to President Bola Ahmed Tinubu, for providing the enablement to serve.

While describing the moment as humbling, he affirmed the four awards as more than an acknowledgement of effort, stressing, it was a declaration that our collective work, our systems and, early results are making a real difference. 

These awards, the Coordinating Minister added, were symbol of unwavering commitment to excellence in service delivery and “to the promise we strive to fulfill every single day.”

According to Pate, the Special Recognition Award acknowledged the Health Ministry’s sustained drive to connect government to citizens and, to touch lives through quality service delivery in the country.

“It is a validation of the processes we have strengthened through Sector-wide Approach (SWAP)- the enabling catalyst that has aligned efforts across government, development partners and, other stakeholders to drive meaningful change,” he further asserted. 

While commending the President for prioritising health in his declarative statement on 12 December 2023, Pate reaffirmed and quoted him to have said: “health is back on the front burner of Nigeria’s policy agenda.”

The Coordinating Minister added: “It was a charge to act, and we did. Under the Nigeria Health Sector Renewal Investment Initiative NHSRII, we have advanced reforms that are beginning to restore confidence in our systems -revitalising primary healthcare, improving health security, and ensuring access to care for all Nigerians.”