Opobo Nkoro
Background Information
The Opobo/Nkoro LGA is one of the 23 LGAs in Rivers State with its headquarters at Opobo town. It is located in the Rivers South East Senatorial zone, and has 11 political wards. It is bounded in the north by Khana LGA, in the south by Atlantic ocean, in the east by Akwa Ibom State, and in the west by Andoni LGA.. The LGA occupies a land mass of 130sq. km. The projected population of the LGA in 2020 was 241,953 spread among 150 communities/settlements/villages. The predominant/major occupation(s) of the people are fishing and trading. The major religion is Christianity with a few adherents to African Traditional Religion. The main Ethnic group(s) in the LGA are the Ibani and Akins. There are functional Primary Health Facilities spread across the LGA and a general hospital.
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. Alege Dennis Soberekon | MOH/Chairman |
| 2 | Wilcox Deribelegha | DPHCC/ Reproductive Health Programme Manager |
| 3 | Priscilia Ubani | Control of Diarrhoeal Diseases (CDD) /Oral Rehydration Therapy (ORT) |
| 4 | Emmanuel Uranta | Disease Surveillance and Notification (DSN) Program Manager |
| 5 | Endurance Toby | Environmental Health Program Manager |
| 6 | Atemie GoodHead | Health Education and Social Mobilization Program Manager |
| 7 | Lydia Pepple | HIV/AIDS Program Manager |
| 8 | Okosimeka fiberesima | Immunization/Cold chain Program Manager |
| 9 | Vurasi Kenneth | Logistics Management Coordinating Unit (LMCU) Program Manager |
| 10 | Godwin Brown | Malaria Program Manager |
| 11 | Pepple Comfort | Monitoring and Evaluation (HMIS) Program Manager |
| 12 | Rosabel Fubara | Nutrition Program Manager |
| 13 | Wilcox Deribelegha | Reproductive health (RH)/Family planning (FP) Program Manager |
| 14 | Robinson Matilda | School Health Program Manager |
| 15 | Elizabeth Diri | Tuberculosis and Leprosy Control Program Manager |
| 16 | Ogolo Victor | Cold Chain Officer (CCO) |
| 17 | John Ephraim | LACA |
| 18 | DR. EZEH NNAMDI | MPHC OPOBO |
| 19 | SYLVANUS ELIZABETH | MPHC NKORO |
| 20 | JACK MERCY A. | PHC KALIBIAMA |
| 21 | DERIBELEGHA WILCOX | MPHC QUEENSTOWN |
Opobo Nkoro Facilities
MPHC, NKORO
CHC, OPOBO
HC, EPELLEMA
MPHC, QUEEN’S TOWN
