
- Minister attributes pattern to improved healthcare
- FEC okays N12b for medical gear
Nigeria’s improved healthcare sector is attracting sufferers from throughout Africa and even the United States (U.S.A.) and the United Kingdom (UK), the Coordinating Minister for Well being and Social Welfare, Professor Mohammed Ali Pate has stated.
The minister stated the Federal Authorities would proceed to spend money on important medical infrastructure and regulatory reforms to additional enhance the sector.
Pate stated this whereas addressing reporters on the State Home yesterday in Abuja after the second day of the Federal Government Council (FEC) presided over by President Bola Ahmed Tinubu.
The minister introduced that the FEC authorised N12 billion for the procurement of main diagnostic gear, together with three MRI machines and two CT scanners, for six federal hospitals throughout the nation.
He stated the funding would considerably enhance diagnostic capabilities within the nation’s healthcare services.
The hospitals that can get the brand new gear embody the College of Uyo Educating Hospital (UUTH) in Akwa Ibom; the Federal Medical Centre (FMC) in Abeokuta, Ogun State; the Obafemi Awolowo College Educating Hospital (OAUTH) in Ile-Ife, Osun State; the Federal Medical Centre (FMC) in Keffi, Nasarawa State; the Modibo Adama College Educating Hospital (MAUTH) in Yola, Adamawa State; and the Federal Educating Hospital (FTH) in Kebbi State.
“You possibly can see that, piece by piece, we’re rebuilding our well being infrastructure. We’re not simply enhancing primary healthcare on the frontline, but in addition strengthening our tertiary establishments with important gear,” Pate stated.
The minister pressured that Nigeria’s rising healthcare capabilities had been already drawing worldwide sufferers.
“That is already occurring, together with individuals from faraway locations like the UK and the US. Regardless of what we might need to consider about Nigeria’s healthcare system, there are good issues occurring. The transformation that the President promised is starting to occur, and we have to maintain it,” he stated.
Pate stated the FEC, in a landmark choice with continental implications, additionally authorised Nigeria’s ratification of the African Medicines Company (AMA) Treaty.
The treaty, adopted by the African Union (AU) Heads of State in February 2019, is designed to boost regulatory oversight of medicines and prescribed drugs throughout Africa.