EFFECT OF FINANCIAL CAPACITY ON THE IMPLEMENTATION OF PRIMARY HEALTHCARE PROGRAMMES IN SELECTED LOCAL GOVERNMENT AREAS OF KATSINA STATE

Abstract

Health is wealth; it is fundamental for the survival of humanity. For healthcare services to be  effectively provided, finances must be adequately appropriated and released. The paper examined  the effect of financial capacity on the implementation of Primary Health Care programmes (PHC)  in Katsina State from 2011 to 2019. The problem investigated by this paper were examining  whether there is adequate budgetary provision and released as required by the Abuja Declaration  (2015) of 15% minimum requirement for the implementation of PHC in Katsina State. The  objective of this paper is to assess the effect of financial capacity on the implementation of PHC  programmes in selected LGAs of Katsina State. To achieve this objective, quantitative method was  adopted and data were generated from both primary and secondary sources with questionnaire  and interview as instrument for generating the primary data. The populations of the study were  beneficial of Katsina, Funtua, Daura, Chiranchi, Danja and Bindawa Local Governments Areas  (i.e.1,181,644). Krejcie and Morgan table was used to arrive at sample size of 384. The study  revealed that, there was adequate budgetary provision for the implementation of PHC  programmes. It was also revealed that funds appropriated were not adequately releasede. Budget  performance was found to be below the minimum requirement. The study established that financial  capacity has a positive and significant effect on the implementation of PHC programmes in  Katsina State. There should be strong Civil Society Organisations (CSO) to monitor the budget  implementation in the PHC sector. Financial discipline should be improved to ensure compliance  with due process in incurring expenditure on PHC.