- Gombe State Government has been urged to release the funds budgeted for family panning in the state’s 2020 budget.
The Chairman Advocacy Working group for family planning in Gombe State Comrade Alhassan Yahaya made the call in an interview in Gombe.
Comrade Alhassan who is also the Vice President Nigeria Union of Journalists Northeast Zone explained that about 46 million naira was budgeted for family planning in the 2020 budget but nothing has been released from the approved allocation.
He however appreciated the efforts of all stakeholders in prompting family planning in the state, adding that the Contraceptive Prevalence Rate CPR level for family planning in Gombe had increased to about 17%.
Comrade Alhassan maintained that, if the funds budgeted for family planning in the 2020 budget would be released, the Advocacy Working Group on Family Planning in the state will meet the target of 20% CPR level by December 2020.