Tai
Background Information
Tai Local Government Area is situated in the South-East Senatorial Zone of Rivers State and is made up of 10 geopolitical wards, 32 communities with over 97 settlements. The main class of individuals are low and middle-income earners with few high-class earners who reside in the Local Government Area (LGA). The main occupation in Tai LGA is farming and fishing; small and medium scale (SME) businesses also exist especially in wards 2, 7 and 10. The Local Government Council is located at saakpenwa in ward 1; There are 15 health facilities in the LGA and 110 schools, including public and private schools (Nursery, Primary and Secondary) with over 371 churches. Tai LGA does not have a secondary or tertiary health care facility nor does it have a tertiary institution for education. Places of interest in Tai LGA include the Songhai farms owned by the Rivers State Government, the Police Training College, NYSC orientation camp located in Nonwa (ward 7), Banana Plantation in Ueken amongst others. The LGA is bounded by Eleme LGA on the South, Khana LGA on the North, Ogu-Bolo and Gokana LGAs on the East, and Oyigbo LGA on the West.
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. Keke Rammyson | MOH/Chairman |
| 2 | Patience Nkpara | DPHCC/ Reproductive Health Programme Manager |
| 3 | Clement Teera | Control of Diarrhoeal Diseases (CDD) /Oral Rehydration Therapy (ORT) Programme Manager |
| 4 | Thompson Menekue Sunday | Disease Surveillance and Notification (DSN) Programme Manager |
| 5 | Anastasia Eli-Aminikpo And Benjamin Aminikpo | Environmental Health Programme Manager |
| 6 | Amos Bariene Japhet | Health Education and Social Mobilization Programme Manager |
Tai Facilities
MPHC, BUNU
MPHC, NONWA
MPHC, BOTEM
MPHC, KOROMA
MPHC, KPITE
PHC, BAN OGOI
