Five states lock horns with FG over health care fund

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The Minister of Health, Prof Isaac Adewole, has blamed the deplorable state of tertiary health institutions in the country on the inability of state governors to fund basic primary and secondary he...

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The Minister of Health, Prof Isaac Adewole, has blamed the deplorable state of tertiary health institutions in the country on the inability of state governors to fund basic primary and secondary health facilities under their respective care.

Health experts have lauded the National Assembly’s approval of the BHCPF in the 2018 Appropriation Act. At the plenary, Adewole explained what his ministry was doing to address the terrible conditions of the Federal Government-owned teaching and specialist hospitals across the country. He, however, regretted that about one year after the 2018 budget was signed into law, 14 states had yet to embrace the BHCPF which would have enabled them to access the N55.15bn earmarked for primary health care in the country.

“It is unfortunate because this is a game changer. There will be free ante-natal care, free delivery, take care of malaria, screen for tuberculosis, hypertension and diabetes.” He said the federal tertiary teaching health institutions were carrying out innovations including open heart surgery and separation of conjoined twins.

The minister said the collapse of primary and secondary health care centres had led to patients visiting tertiary health institutions for ailments including headache, malaria and high blood pressure. He said the Federal Government through a former health minister; the late Dr Olikoye Ransome-Kuti, invested in the primary health care institutions but that the system collapsed after the exit of the military dictator, Gen. Ibrahim Babangida.

Also, the Deputy Leader, Bala Ibn Na’Allah, said the Federal Ministry of Health should dismantle bureaucratic bottlenecks preventing the citizens from accessing health care.Senator Sam Egwu asked whether the minister was aware that some medical students were still roaming the streets because they had nowhere to carry out their housemanship before they could go for their youth service.

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