From Our Correspondent
The World Health Organisation (WHO) and Nigeria’s 36 State governors will, next month sign a compact agreement to improve healthcare services delivery.
Gov. Bala Mohammed of Bauchi State announced this at a news briefing after National Economic Council (NEC) meeting on Thursday.
TheNewsZenith reports that Vice-President, Kashim Shettima, chaired the meeting in the Presidential Villa, Abuja.
Mohammed said the council decided to sign the agreement with WHO after the Coordinating Minister of Health and Social Welfare, Prof. Ali Pate presented Nigeria’s Health Sector Renewal Programme.
He said the presentation looked at all challenges in the health sector from financing, human capital and supervisory point of view.
The presentation, the governor explained, reviewed the leadership level from the presidency to the local levels and the need for governors and local governments to show interest in the health sector.
“Without taking care of the health sector, the country may not have the required artificial intelligence.
“One of the Council’s resolutions is that the WHO will come on Dec. 15. All the governors will come and sign a compact agreement in terms of service compact.
“Governors will be able to reiterate our determination to approach the health sector in terms of budgeting, giving it the required attention it deserves,” he said.
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Muhammed also hinted that NEC had received a presentation from Ali Pate on Nigeria’s Health Sector Renewal Programme.
The presentation dissected every aspect of the health sector.
From tertiary to primary level, it looked at all gaps, challenges of funding and need for renewed interest by stakeholders.
The presentation also dwelled on the Renewed Hope that President Bola Tinubu’s administration.
The Renewed Hope is trying to bring synergy and collaboration between various stakeholders in the country.
After the presentation, Muhammed said NEC members made suggestions on how to generate resources to bridge the funding gap.
Such suggestions include taxes in communications, on airlines and from the state governments.
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