Ahoada West
Background Information
The Ahoada West LGA is one of the 23 LGAs in Rivers State with its headquarter at Akinima. It is located in the Rivers West Senatorial district, and has 12 political wards. The LGA was created out of the former Ahoada LGA in 1996. It is bounded in the north by Ogba/Egbema/Ndoni LGA, in the south by Abua/Odual LGA and Bayelsa State, in the east by Ahoada East, and in the west by Bayelsa State. The projected population of the LGA in 2020 is 398,315 spread among 95 communities. The predominant/major occupation of the people are fishing and farming, while the major religion is Christianity with a few adherents to African Traditional Religion. The main Ethnic groups in the LGA are Ekpeye and Engenni. There are 266 functional Primary Health Facilities spread across the LGA, a Cottage Hospital at Joinkrama and a General Hospital located at Joinkrama.
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. K.T Zoranen | MOH/Chairman |
| 2 | Lesi Omenu Ngozi | DPHCC/RH |
| 3 | Rufus ThankGod | Disease Surveillance and Notification (DSN) |
| 4 | Promise Ndu E | Environmental Health |
| 5 | Rachel Emelike | Health Education and Social Mobilization |
| 6 | Anumaze Alakasoni | HIV/AIDS |
| 7 | Clement Emmanuel | Immunization/Cold chain |
| 8 | Comfort R. Ogbogu | Logistics Management Coordinating Unit (LMCU) |
| 9 | Izu Cordelia | Malaria |
| 10 | Inimevai Eli Goodlife | Monitoring and Evaluation (HMIS) |
| 11 | Chinyere Okuofu | Nutrition |
| 12 | Promise Ndu E | School health |
| 13 | Thompson Jacob | Tuberculosis and Leprosy Control |
| 14 | Sueizakien Peter | MPHC Okogbe |
| 15 | Stella Ijeoma | MPHC Okarki |
| 16 | Ake Ovie Pius | MPHC Ikodi - Engenni |
| 17 | Dr. Ikpaman B.T | MPHC Akinima |
| 18 | Agwani Nkechinyere | PHC Ubeta |
| 19 | Uwuma Patrick | MPHC Odiereke - Ubie |
Ahoada West Facilities
MPHC, AKINIMA
OSHIE HEALTH POST
HC, OGBOLOGBOLO
HC, MBIAMA
ULA UBIE HEALTH POST
HC, GOVIA
HC, OGBEDE
HC, OYIGBA
HC, OKOGBE
COTTAGE HOSPITAL EDAGBERI
OKPARAKI HEALTH POST
AKIOGBOLOGBO HEALTH POST
MPHC, OKARKI
UDODA HP
