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The National Economic Council (NEC), has approved plans to revamp 17,000 and 774 primary and secondary healthcare centres, nationwide.<\/p>\n
It said the move was in response to identified funding gaps and deteriorating healthcare metrics, as revealed by a presentation by the Coordinating Minister of Health and Social Welfare, Ali Pate, to the council.<\/p>\n
Bauchi State Governor, Bala Mohammed, disclosed the government\u2019s strategy to State House Correspondents following the 137th NEC meeting chaired by Vice President Kashim Shettima at the Aso Rock Villa, Abuja on Thursday.<\/p>\n
Conveying the insights from Pate\u2019s presentation, which highlighted the critical condition of the health sector, Mohammed said, \u201cThe presentation dissected in terms of very robust sector \u2014 scan on health, from the tertiary to the primary level, looking at all the gaps, the problems and challenges of funding.\u201d<\/p>\n
He lamented the stark statistics showcasing a decline in health indices, including infant mortality rates, stating that the Tinubu-led administration aims to establish a synergy among stakeholders for deep, lasting reforms.<\/p>\n
The scope of the renewal, he said, intends to \u201cservice 17,000 primary health centers to be put on a threshold of viability, 774 secondary facilities, that is hospitals, in addition to some tertiary institutions.\u201d<\/p>\n
This comprehensive plan is designed to \u201cmake sure medicare is brought close to the majority of Nigerians,\u201d Mohammed added.<\/p>\n
On the source of funding, Governor Mohammed revealed that \u201csuggestions were made\u2026that we could use some taxes from communication, from airlines, as well as our taxes from the state government\u201d to bridge the financial gaps plaguing the healthcare system.<\/p>\n
Highlighting the critical shortage of healthcare professionals, he also pointed out the \u201chuge problem of human capital and attrition of experts,\u201d stressing the necessity of developing strategies to retain local talent.<\/p>\n
\u201cCertainly, we have a huge problem of human capital and attrition of experts and the need to develop a strategy to retain our experts to care for our health sector.<\/p>\n
\u201cSo the presentation is a robust compact that looked at all the problems and challenges of the health sector, from financing, the human capital, from the supervisory point of view, and even on the leadership level, from the presidency to the local governments and the need for us as governors, local government even media, to put interest in the health sector,\u201d Mohammed said.<\/p>\n
READ ALSO: \u2018Despite My Frustration With Election Loss, I\u2019ll Not Join APC\u2019 \u2013 SDP\u2019s Adebayo<\/strong><\/p>\nAccording to Governor Mohammed, the council\u2019s resolution includes an upcoming compact agreement with the World Health Organization on December 15, 2023, where \u201call the governors will come and sign a compact agreement in terms of service compact.\u201d<\/p>\n
This, he argued, underscores the collective commitment to budgeting for and prioritising healthcare.<\/p>\n
Mohammed said while a democratic system like Nigeria\u2019s cannot forcefully stop the outflux of healthcare professionals to other countries in search of greener pastures, plans are underway to manage the brain drain.<\/p>\n
However, he urged Nigerian healthcare professionals to be a bit patriotic.<\/p>\n
\u201cI asked that question too in Cabinet and the very ingenious answer the minister gave me is that he is working very hard to make sure he establishes a compact with these European countries.<\/p>\n
\u201cUnder Democracy, you cannot stop anybody from going. As a state. I have built over 1000 primary health centers, but I don\u2019t have the doctors; I only have 100, as you said. But we used to have 3000, they have run away.<\/p>\n
\u201cWe are working very hard with this compact to develop a robust conditional service or scheme of service that will make them retained. But certainly, we\u2019re urging Nigerians to know that your home is your home. And you must sit down here and work.<\/p>\n
\u201cDr. Pate left a very big job where he was earning two point something billion with Gavi to come on work with 500,000 a month. I think our doctors need to understand this and this is what we\u2019re doing through persuasion,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n
The former FCT Minister also noted that plans are underway to free up regulatory hurdles to train more healthcare professionals to cover the gap.<\/p>\n
\u201cWe are trying to make sure we produce more. We even have problems of accreditation. Some of our health facilities training health workers are given a limited number to train for which we cannot bridge the gap.<\/p>\n
\u201cSo he (Pate) is working to make sure he opens up so we will produce more and people will go out and send back money.<\/p>\n
\u201cI think we should look at our comparative advantage in the development of human capital in the health sector and go aggressively as per the vision of this administration, to train more doctors and to have a clearer understanding that these doctors are ours and that we will get something back in return when they go.<\/p>\n
\u201cBut we must have to do something to retain our doctors that are trained to treat our people. And that will require some element of patriotism,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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