Eleme
Background Information
The Eleme LGA is one of the 23 LGAs in Rivers State with its headquarter at OgaleNchia. It is located in the Rivers East Senatorial District and has 10 political wards. The LGA was created from the former Tai-Eleme LGA in 1996. It is bounded in the north byOyigbo LGA, in the south by Okrika LGA in the east byOgu/Bolo LGA and in the west byObio/Akpor LGA. The LGA occupies a landmass of 138sq. km. The projected population of the LGA in 2020 is 304,830 spread among ten major towns namely: Akpajo, Aleto, Alesa, Alode, Agbonchia, Ogale, Ebubu, Ekporo, Eteo and Onne and other smaller communities/settlements/villages. The predominant occupation of the people is farming and trading while the major religion is Christianity with a few adherents to African Traditional Religion. The main Ethnic group(s) in the LGA is Eleme. There are 11 functional Primary Health Facilities spread across the LGA and a General Hospital located at OgaleNchia.
The LGA Health Authority & Technical Committee
The Local Government Primary Health Care Authority and the Primary Health Care Technical Committee are responsible for the management and implementation of Primary Health Care activities and services at the LGA level. The health authority is the operational arm of the Rivers State Primary Health Care Management Board. It has the chairman of the local government as the Committee Chairman and the Medical Officer of Health as the Secretary.
- Hon. Chairman (or a representative) (Committee chairman)
- PHC Coordinator/MOH (Committee Secretary)
- LGA Supervisory Councilor for Health
- Head of Finance in the LGA
- Representative of LGA in charge of water (Head of Environmental Health Unit)
- Representative of LGA programme officers
- Representatives of heads of PHCs in the LGA
- One representative from the communities in the LGA
| S/N0 | NAME | DESIGNATION |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Dr. Tonye Franklyn Lawson-jack | MOH/Chairman |
| 2 | Georgewill Tonye | DPHCC/ Reproductive health Programme Manager |
| 3 | Control of Diarrhoeal Diseases (CDD) /Oral Rehydration Therapy (ORT) Programme Manager | |
| 4 | Gospel Nwaji | Disease Surveillance and Notification (DSN) Programme Manager |
| 5 | Environmental Health Programme Manager | |
| 6 | Health Education and Social Mobilization Programme Manager | |
| 7 | Mercy Chindo | HIV/AIDS Programme Manager |
| 8 | Rose Okazu | Immunization/Cold chain Programme Manager |
| 9 | Monday Zion Barizaar | Logistics Management Coordinating Unit (LMCU) Programme Manager |
| 10 | Ngbar Lezigar | Malaria Programme Manager |
| 11 | Mgbere Sussanah | Monitoring and Evaluation (HMIS) Programme Manager |
| 12 | Ekpone Friday Joy | Nutrition Programme Manager |
| 13 | School health Programme Manager | |
| 14 | Offor Geraldine | Tuberculosis and Leprosy Control Programme Manager |
| 15 | Sibe, Kilsi Ben | MPHC-Agbonchia Head of Facility |
| 16 | Dr. Amalaya D. J. | MPHC-Akpajo Head of Facility |
| 17 | Chindo Mercy | MPHC-Nchia Head of Facility |
| 18 | Emilia Banigo | MPHC-Eteo Head of Facility |
| 19 | Dr. Banigo B.T | MPHC-Onne Head of Facility |
| 20 | Josephine Chujor | MPHC-Ebubu Head of Facility |
Eleme Facilities
MPHC, ONNE
MPHC, ETEO
MPHC, AGBONCHIA
HC, EKARA, ONNE
ALESA HEALTH POST
ALETO HEALTH POST
