Tag: Minister of Health

FG approves ₦32bn for PHCs nationwide

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FG approves PHCs

The Federal Government has approved the disbursement of ₦32 billion to health facilities under the Basic Health Care Provision Fund (BHCPF), following deliberations at the Ministerial Oversight Committee meeting. The Coordinating Minister of Health and Social Welfare, Muhammad Ali Pate, while speaking with newsmen, explained that this is a quarterly meeting held to review the progress being made in the health sector under President Bola Tinubu’s health sector renewal investment initiative, adding that it is a continuation of progress across multiple dimensions. He explained that the committee reviewed performance in…

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FG to issue Executive Order to lower pharmaceuticals’ costs – Health Minister

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Minister of Health, Ali Pate, has disclosed that the Federal Government will soon issue an Executive Order to control pharmaceutical pricing and lower the cost of necessary medications in Nigeria. Pate stared this on Wednesday, while interacting with State House correspondents after the Federal Executive Council (FEC) meeting presided over by President Bola Tinubu. He explained that the Executive Order aims at enabling local drug manufacturers to thrive, while ensuring fair pricing of essential medicines. According to the Minister, the decision follows the exit of major multi-national pharmaceutical companies from…

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“Tinubu having sleepless nights over pharmaceutical drugs’ price hike” – Minister

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The Minister of State for Health and Social Welfare, Dr. Tunji Alausa, has said that President Bola Tinubu is having sleepless nights over the hike in drug prices and scarcity of essential medicines in the country. The Minister noted that the high cost of drugs and the exit of some multi-national pharmaceutical companies from Nigeria were key issues the president was working tirelessly to address. Recall that in August 2023, British multinational drug maker and biotechnology company GlaxoSmithKline announced its exit from Nigeria. Following its exit, the prices of the…

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Doctors fault Health Minister for dismissing brain drain

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The National Association of Government General Medical and Dental Practitioners (NAGGMDP) have faulted the Minister of Health, Dr. Osagie Ehanire’s remarks that Nigeria has enough doctors. The association, while describing the statement as irresponsible, claimed that since 2019, the number of migrating doctors in search of greener pastures has tripled, leaving a huge gap in the number of available specialists to attend to patients across the country. Recall that Ehanire, during a briefing two weeks ago, stated that the country has enough doctors because between 2,000 to 3,000 doctors are…

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Vaccines Wastage: 1m doses of AstraZeneca vaccine expired in Nigeria last month – Report

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…FG clarifies position Up to one million Covid-19 vaccines are estimated to have expired in Nigeria last month without being used, Reuters has reported. According to the international news agency, one million doses of AstraZeneca Covid-19 vaccine supplied via COVAX from Europe in Nigeria expired in November. According to the report, the vaccine loss appears to be one of the largest of its kind over such a short time, even outstripping the total number of vaccines that some other countries in the region have received. In Nigeria, fewer than 4%…

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“Train doctors for free, make them work in Nigeria for 9yrs before migrating”, Ngige urges Rep members

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The Minister of Labour and Employment, Senator Chris Ngige, has urged the House of Representatives to make provisions to stop medical doctors from emigrating to other countries after schooling for free in Nigeria. Ngige disclosed this on Wednesday, in a statement released by the Deputy Director, Press and Public Relations of the Federal Ministry of Labour and Employment, Charles Akpan. According to the Minister at the 2022 Budget Defence, if the Government should train doctors for free, they should be able to keep them by insisting that they serve the…

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FG neeeds N1.89tr to eradicate malaria – Health Minister

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The Federal Government would need to spend N1.89 trillion to wipe out malaria in the country, the Minister of Health, Dr. Osagie Ehanire, has said. The minister stated this in his presentation  to mark the ‘2021 World Malaria Day’ yesterday, in Abuja. Ehanire said the N1.89 trillion was specifically needed for the implementation of the ‘New Strategic Plan’ on malaria. He, therefore, appealed to corporate organisations, private sector and patriotic Nigerians to offer the country a bailout with a view to achieving its target of wiping out the disease. He…

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