ONELGA
Background Information
The Obga/Egbema/Ndoni LGA is one of the 23 LGAs in Rivers State with its headquarter at Omoku. It is located in the Rivers West Senatorial district, and has 17 political wards. The LGA was created from the formerAhoada LGA inSeptember 1991. It is bounded in the north by Imo State, in the south by Ahoada East LGA, in the east by Emohua LGA and in the west by Bayelsa State. The LGA occupies a land mass of 1,621 sq. km. The projected population of the LGA in 2020 was 453,546 spread among 96 communities. The predominant occupations of the people are farming, hunting, fishing and wood craft, while the major religion is Christianity with a few adherents to African Traditional Religion. The main Ethnic groups in the LGA are Ogba, Egbema and Ndoni. There are functional Primary Health Facilities spread across the LGA and General Hospitals located at Omoku, Erema and Okwuzi.
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. Didi Chukwuemeka | MOH/Chairman |
| 2 | Stellar Daniels | Deputy PHC coordinator |
| 3 | Ake Macauley | Control of Diarrhoeal Diseases (CDD) /Oral Rehydration Therapy (ORT) |
| 4 | Ajie Victor | Disease Surveillance and Notification (DSN) |
| 5 | Elemele Vincent | Environmental Health |
| 6 | Uche Wokocha | Health Education and Social Mobilization |
| 7 | Nwachukwu Alice | HIV/AIDS |
| 8 | Isaac Bonny | Immunization/Cold chain |
| 9 | Blessing Israel | Logistics Management Coordinating Unit (LMCU) |
| 10 | Obubere Esereghi | Malaria |
| 11 | Singer Douglas | Monitoring and Evaluation (HMIS) |
| 12 | Marauche Georgewill | Nutrition |
| 13 | Silas Umeka | School health |
| 14 | Edemede Victor | Tuberculosis and Leprosy Control |
| 15 | NWAKAETI JANE | PHC EBOCHA |
| 16 | OKORIE OBIAGERI | PHC AKABUKA |
| 17 | NKIRUKA NNEEH | MPHC MGBEDE |
| 18 | EKPEYE ANTHONY | PHC OBRIKOM |
| 19 | NAOMI O. OKPRA | PHC OKPOSI |
| 20 | DR EMMANUEL ORLU K. | MPHC OMOKU |
| 21 | WEJE OBUNWO A. | MPHC OKWUZI |
| 22 | ISAAC BONNY | MPHC NDONI |
| 23 | ROSELINE OSSAI | MPHC ASE-ASAGAH |
ONELGA Facilities
MPHC, OMOKU
MPHC, ASE-ASAGHA
MPHC, MGBEDE
C.H.C, NDONI
HC, OBAGI
HC, OBOR
HC, OHIAUGA
HC, EGBADA
HC, AKABTA
HC, IDU-OGBA
HC, OKPOSI
HC, AKABUKA
HC, EREMA
