FG REITERATES COMMITMENT TO SAVING LIVES, REDUCING PHYSICAL AND FINANCIAL PAIN IN HEALTH SECTOR.... PATE
"Unlocking the value chain is an integral part of its Health Sector Strategic Blueprint initiative." Pate
"We are committed to actualizing this objective, because that will create jobs for our teeming youths; as well as provide services, products that are needed to improve the health of Nigerians."
Nigeria's Coordinating Minister for Health and Social Welfare, Prof. Muhammad Ali Pate has asserted that the present administration has taken actionable steps from assumption of office last year, that include expanding and upgrading of Teaching Hospitals across geopolitical zones of the country and, provision of critical medical equipments that would produce health for all Nigerians, regardless of their income or where they come from.
According to the Honourable Minister of Health and Social Welfare, saving lives, reducing both physical and financial pain through affordable and accessing quality healthcare by Nigerians is a key pillar of the Renewed Hope Agenda for the health sector.
Professor Ali Pate made this known while speaking to newsmen in Bauchi State during the closing ceremony of the 2024 Ministerial Leadership On Performance Management Systems ( PMS) organized by the Ministry.
"These live saving measures and other various performance indices, are captured and being diligently implemented under the Health Sector Strategic Blueprint initiated by the Federal Ministry of Health and Social Welfare," he stated.
Continuing, Prof Pate, provided an instance, saying; "In Bauchi State, the people are beginning to feel the impact of the President."
"President Bola Ahmed Tinubu has expanded the Teaching Hospitals, he has provided a new site for the Tafawa Balewa Teaching Hospitals, a newly rated world class diagnostic centre is being built at the current site.
"The VVF centre in Ningi has a program for women who are affected by obstetric fistula and it is being strengthened to serve women from the Northeastern part of the country and from all other parts of the country who are coming here to get served. In Misau, a new Federal Medical Centre has been provided and same also in Azare; where an upgraded Teaching Hospital serving not only Bauchi State but the entirety of the northeast geopolitical zone. That is, delivering the promise of this President to improve the health of Nigerians."
Professor Ali Pate further stated that, "Our Ministry has being working hard on it as well as in other parts of the country. So, we are very pleased with the results that have began to manifest themselves. This is just the first year. More is to come in terms of the health sector transformation, and we appreciate Mr. President's leadership and positioning of the Health Sector as an important pillar of his administration."
On affordability of healthcare, Prof. Pate highlighted the importance of synergy and complimentary efforts of the sub-nationals and Local Governments in the health sector towards advancing and expanding primary healthcare and health insurance that will make Nigerians afford the care.
To this end, he asserted that, ''Through health insurance, we have already seen more than 2.4 million Nigerians accessing affordable care from the vulnerable people, to expand health insurance, to expand human resources, with training and employment."
The Minister, while providing further explanation, disclosed that "unlocking the value chain is an integral part of its Health Sector Strategic Blueprint initiative, focusing on manufacturing things that we need, whether they are commodities, bed-nets, and other elements of the health care value chain, test kits and, we are committed to actualizing this objective, because that will create jobs for our teeming youths; as well as provide services, products that are needed to improve the health of Nigerians.
"It is pertinent to state that the 2024 Ministerial Leadership on Performance Management Systems (PMS) was organized by the Ministry as a 3-day event, spanning Monday 21 - 23 October, for its Management Staff, Chief Medical Directors of Primary, Secondary and Tertiary Health Institutions nationwide and CEOs of Agencies."
Emphasizing it's importance, Prof. Pate said; "we have discussed how to strengthen the leadership of the sector, how to hold ourselves accountable for performance and, how to improve the quality of Health care for all Nigerians. That is a very important agenda''. He concluded.
This was contained in a statement issued and signed by Alaba Balogun, Head Information and Public Relations Department of the Ministry.
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