The Director General of the Katsina State Contributory Healthcare Management Agency (KTSCHMA), Mohammed Safana, has spotlighted Katsina’s innovative approach to healthcare financing at the ongoing National Health Financing Dialogue in Abuja.
Safana, who sat on a high-powered technical panel, joined other experts to deliberate on “State and Local Government Resource Mobilisation and Its Implications for Healthcare Financing Revenue in Nigeria.”
The panel drew leading voices from across the country to dissect how subnational governments can leverage financial autonomy to mobilize and allocate more domestic resources for health. Conversations explored fiscal hurdles facing states and councils while highlighting fresh opportunities for sustainable financing and system-wide reforms.
Representing Katsina, DG Safana outlined the state’s blueprint for strengthening healthcare delivery. He emphasized fiscal decentralization, grassroots engagement, and public-private partnerships as cornerstones of progress.
> “Our focus at KTSCHMA is to expand enrolment under the contributory health scheme, secure sustainable funding for primary healthcare, and drive innovations that guarantee inclusivity,” Safana declared.
He lauded Governor Dikko Umaru Radda’s commitment to transforming healthcare in Katsina, describing his leadership as visionary and people-centered. Safana credited the Governor with steering reforms that are widening access to essential services and bolstering institutions to deliver quality care across the state.
The DG further commended Katsina’s Commissioner for Health, Dr. Musa Adamu Funtua, whose leadership in policy formulation and system strengthening continues to align the state with national health financing priorities.
The dialogue, which convened the Honourable Coordinating Minister of Health and Social Welfare, the DG of the National Health Insurance Authority (NHIA), and the Executive Director of the National Primary Health Care Development Agency (NPHCDA), provided a platform for development partners and government leaders to reaffirm commitment to sustainable health financing reforms nationwide.
With Katsina’s model now gaining attention on the national stage, Safana assured that KTSCHMA will remain at the forefront of building a resilient, equitable, and community-driven health system for the state’s citizens.
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