PRESS RELEASE Performance Management System: Key to Creating Better-Performing Health System

PRESS RELEASE    Performance Management System: Key to Creating Better-Performing Health System

PRESS RELEASE Performance Management System: Key to Creating Better-Performing Health System

The Coordinating Minister of Health & Social Welfare Prof Muhammad Ali Pate has affirmed  that the implementation of the Performance Management System ( PMS) in the health sector will save lives and enhances the well-being of Nigerians, in alignment with Mr President's Renewed Hope Agenda.

Prof Pate made this  declaration at the opening ceremony of  2024 Ministerial Leadership Retreat On Performance Management Systems organized by the Federal Ministry of Health & Social Welfare; which held at Bauchi State.

Addressing participants and stakeholders from across Agencies and Parastatals of the Ministry nationwide; Prof Pate highlighted the importance of implementing PMS towards ensuring a better - performing health system for the benefit of Nigerians.


The Deputy Governor Bauchi State, RT. Honourable Rt. Honourable Muhammad Auwal Jatau,
addressing participants at the 2024 Ministerial Leadership Retreat On 
Performance Management Systems, organized by the 
Federal Ministry of Health &  Social Welfare, in Bauchi State.

''The implementation of the new Performance Management System PMS by the Federal Government significantly complements our effort toward health sector reforms. This system provides a robust framework that ensures all health MDAs focus  and align their resources - human, material, financial, and more - towards achieving the strategic goals and objectives of the Health Sector'', the Coordinating Minister explained.

To this end, Prof Pate asserted that the Ministry made a critical decision  to implement its Health Sector Strategic Blueprint through the Nigeria Health Sector Renewal Investment Initiative using a Sector -Wide Approach SWAp. He emphasized that the SWAp initiative underscored the Ministry's deliberate plan for proper coordination of resources to achieve desired objectives for the Health sector.

 '' This approach aims to address existing weaknesses in health financing  and resource coordination, ensuring that sector - wide resources from federal and state governments and development partners are well coordinated and directed towards addressing priority gaps'', the Coordinating Minister explained.


Permanent Secretary Federal Ministry of Health & Social Welfare,
Daju Kachollom mni addressing participants during the PMS Retreat

''The Retreat serves  as the culmination of  all performance planning activities facilitated by the Department of Health Planning, Research and Statistics (DPHRS) ensuring that all  Health Sector MDAs are adequately prepared for quality implementation of  government's priorities and sector initiatives'', the Coordinating Minister pointed out.

Declaring the retreat open, Senator Bala Abdulkadir Mohammed, Executive Governor Bauchi State;  represented by the Deputy Governor, Rt. Honourable Muhammad Auwal Jatau; appreciated efforts of stakeholders in the health sector such as World Health Organization, UNICEF, USAID and Global Fund for their unwavering support in strengthening the health sector. He affirmed the retreat as as a testament of the Federal Government's commitment to improving healthcare in the country.


Group photograph

While expressing delight for selecting Bauchi State for PMS retreat, the Executive Governor seized the opportunity to inform participants of efforts made by his administration in providing physical infrastructure for quality health care and recruiting 3000 health workers to address the challenge of shortage of health workers in the State.

Speaking earlier, the Permanent Secretary Federal  Ministry of Health & Social Welfare, Daju Kachollom mni; described the PMS as being more than a tool for appraising performance. She asserted that it is  a vital mechanism for improving governance, fostering transparency, and ensuring that every employee within the Ministry is fully engaged in the collective goal of service delivery. 

''As we proceed with this retreat, I am confident that our discussions and deliberations will strengthen our resolve to build a high- performing health sector'', the Permanent Secretry added.


Alaba Balogun 

Head, Information & PR

21/10/2024