Bonny
Background Information
The Bonny LGA is one of the 23 LGAs in Rivers State with its headquarter at Bonny Town. It is located in the Rivers South East Senatorial district, and has 12 political wards. The LGA is bounded in the north by Okrika and Khana LGAs, in the south by the ocean, in the east by Andoni LGA, and in the west by Degema. The LGA occupies a land mass of 645.6 sq. km. The projected population of the LGA in 2020 was 343,913 spread among 162 communities. The predominant occupations of the people are fishing and trading, while the major religion is Christianity with a few adherents to African Traditional Religion. The main Ethnic groups in the LGA are Ibani and Andoni.. There are 10 functional Primary Health Facilities spread across the LGA and a General Hospital located at Bonny Town.
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. Samuel Mbatumu Mbaba | MOH/Chairman |
| 2 | Banigo Iwariso E | Reproductive health Programme Manager |
| 3 | Reproductive health Programme Manager | Control of Diarrhoeal Diseases (CDD) /Oral Rehydration Therapy (ORT) Programme Manager |
| 4 | Mbaba Mercy Renner | Disease Surveillance and Notification (DSN) Programme Manager |
| 5 | Rachel Roland Banigo | Environmental Health Programme Manager |
| 6 | Augustus Pepple | Health Education and Social Mobilization Programme Manager |
| 7 | Virah Israel Friday | HIV/AIDS Programme Manager |
| 8 | Justina Bara-Hart | Immunization/Cold chain Programme Manager |
| 9 | Boma E.O. Tolofari | Logistics Management Coordinating Unit (LMCU) Programme Manager |
| 10 | Ibelema Ibikiri Hart | Malaria Programme Manager |
| 11 | Benstow Ibifuro Julius | Monitoring and Evaluation (HMIS) Programme Manager |
| 12 | Gabriel B Jumbo | Nutrition Programme Manager |
| 13 | Sopiriala Ibiama | School health Programme Manager |
| 14 | Teinye B Ellison | Tuberculosis and Leprosy Control Programme Manager |
| 15 | Ege Egeson Rufus | MPHC Bonny Head of Facility |
| 16 | Dr. Damerel NeekabarI | PHC Finima Head of Facility |
| 17 | Fortune Pepple | MPHC Peterside Head of Facility |
| 18 | Eno Chinedu Ajie | PHC Abalamabie Head of Facility |
| 19 | Lovellia T. H.Hart | MPHC Dema-Abbey Head of Facility |
| 20 | Wariku F. Owunari | PHC Greens-Iwoama |
Bonny Facilities
CHC, BONNY
MPHC, DEMA-ABBEY
INFANT WELFARE CLINIC, GEN. HOSPITAL , BONNY
HC, PETERSIDE
HC, OLOMA
