Over 750 thousand embrace family planning in Taraba- TCI
Callistus Agwaza, Jalingo
The Taraba State Director of The Challenge Initiative (TCI), Dr Sarki Othman has disclosed that over Seven Hundred and Fifty Thousand new persons have embraced family planning in the state in the last three years.
Othman disclosed this in Jalingo on Thursday during a media roundtable with journalists on sustaining and advancing the gains of family planning in Taraba.
He said that the achievement was made possible because of deliberate efforts at sensitisation and enlightenment carried out during the period but noted that a lot more still needs to be done.
‘Let me commend you members of the press for the good work you are doing in enlightening the people on the positive impact of family planning.
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‘Through your joint efforts with other partners, we have recorded tremendous improvement in the number of new acceptors of family planning in the state. Of course you know that the services are basically free but most people were reluctant to access the services due to certain misconceptions. These have been corrected largely.
‘We hope to continue our advocacies to ensure reasonable budgetary allocations and disbursement to the cause. We encourage opinion leaders to continue to enlighten the people so that this project is sustained beyond the stay of the TCI and other partners in the state.’
Our correspondent reports that this is the second media roundtable towards advancing family planning in the state.
Over 750 thousand embrace family planning in Taraba- TCI
