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FG Plans Legislation To Regulate Activities In Health Sector

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March 8, 2024
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FG Plans Legislation To Regulate Activities In Health Sector

L-R: The senator, representing Ogun Central, Afolabi Salis; Minister of State for Health, Dr. Tunji Alausa; Ogun State Governor, Prince Dapo Abiodun; Chairman, Committee of Chief Medical Directors and Medical Directors of Federal Tertiary Hospitals, Prof. Emem Bassey and the Chief Medical Director, FMC, Abeokuta, Pro. Adewale Musa Olomu, when the minister paid a courtesy call on the governor, on Friday.

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The Federal Government says it will soon come up with legislation to regulate activities in the healthcare sector.

The Minister of State for Health, Dr. Tunji Alausa, stated this on Friday when he paid a courtesy call on the governor of Ogun State, Prince Dapo Abiodun at the Presidential Lodge, Abeokuta.

Alausa , said the legislation is to eliminate quacks and ensure improved healthcare service delivery across the country.

He decried the unwholesome practice where untrained people are allowed to operate in the health sector.

The Minister also lamented the prevalence of quacks , accusing them of being behind heinous acts, such as organ harvesting .

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The minister said : “We will be pushing for a new legislation to regulate the healthcare sector as more than 60 per cent of the nation’s healthcare is in the hands of the private sector without adequate supervision.

“You see hospitals, laboratories, and diagnostic centres being run without anybody checking on what they are doing and these are some of the places where illegal practices like organ harvesting are taking place.

“What we are going to do at the federal level, is to set up a Health Facility Regulatory Commission that will start regulating the standards of health care across the country and we expect the states to set up their own regulatory bodies as well.”

L-R: The senator, representing Ogun Central, Afolabi Salis; Minister of State for Health, Dr. Tunji Alausa; Ogun State Governor, Prince Dapo Abiodun; Chairman, Committee of Chief Medical Directors and Medical Directors of Federal Tertiary Hospitals, Prof. Emem Bassey and the Chief Medical Director, FMC, Abeokuta, Pro. Adewale Musa Olomu, when the minister paid a courtesy call on the governor, on Friday.

Alausa also hinted that the federal government is in the process of starting a programme that would increase the production of healthcare providers, starting with the admission of 10,000 medical students every year, while admission for nurses would increase from the present 28,000 to 68,000, annually.

Throwing more light on the Sectoral Approach Programme launched by President Bola Tinubu, the minister explained that one per cent of the consolidated fund was for Basic Health Provision, 55 per cent for Primary Healthcare Centres, and 45 per cent for National Health Insurance, while five per cent goes into Emergency Services.

He said Ogun State has been diligent in managing the Basic Health Provision Funds, which is meant for Primary Healthcare Centres, calling on the governor to adequately monitor the fund to ensure that it is directed to where it was meant for.

Alausa stated that his visit was to see how the federal government could further strengthen its relationship with state governments in pushing the President’s mandate which is to revive, rejig, evaluate, and overhaul the healthcare delivery system for the benefit of Nigerians.

Responding, Governor Abiodun, said his administration would not hesitate to replicate any federal government action aimed at eliminating quackery in the health sector.

“Let me assure you that in terms of the regulation that would allow for tighter regulatory functions over medical practitioners to prevent quackery, we will not hesitate to replicate at the state level.

“We are one of the two states that have put in place a board for alternative medicine because we realized that a lot of our people, especially pregnant women are patronizing traditional birth attendance.

“We regulate and certify them to ensure we have some form of oversight in their activities,” Abiodun explained.

He expressed delight that the federal government was looking into the direction of increasing the number of intake into the nation’s medical institutions to address the shortfall of medical personnel in government health facilities, assuring that the state would follow suit to produce more trained practitioners for the sector.

He pledged to support the agenda of President Bola Tinubu’s led federal government to reposition the health sector.

Governor Abiodun noted that as the industrial, educational, and religious hub of Nigeria, with the influx of people on daily basis, it is imperative for Ogun State to have adequate health facilities and qualified manpower to provide health care services to the people of the state at all times.   (vitalnewsngr.com)

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