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Healthcare: VP Osinbajo Chairs Virtual NCP Meeting, Here Is What They Discussed
Vice President Yemi Osinbajo on Tuesday presided over a virtual meeting of the National Council on Privatisation, NCP anchored from the Presidential Villa, Abuja.
Today, I presided over the National Council of Privatization. We discussed comprehensive healthcare reforms & issues in the power sector.
The Council approved the preparation of a draft legislative instrument to enact the Health Sector Bill and associated legislation. pic.twitter.com/ZCH2lNpW4w
— Prof. Yemi Osinbajo (@ProfOsinbajo) May 19, 2020
“Council also took a major decision to adopt the report with the regards to the reform of the healthcare delivery system in the country.
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“The report of the consultant was deliberated upon by council and council took a decision that we should continue with the stakeholder engagement in various sectors, with specific regards to the health sector reform.
“Council in its wisdom has actually started to consider a total review of the health sector about a year ago pre the advent of the COVID-19 crisis.”
According to Okoh, the council took a decision that the stakeholder engagement should continue since the reform would impact positively on Nigerians.
The director-general said the reform promised a major universal coverage of healthcare delivery to the generality of Nigerians.
He said: “What we are looking at essentially is a situation where the citizens of this country do not have to pay to receive quality healthcare because ailments and health issues are not what anybody will wish upon himself.
“It is far-reaching and radical reform and we hope that with the continued engagements with all the stakeholders, we should be able to deliver this as a legacy reform programme of this current administration.”
Also, Osinbajo’s spokesman, Laolu Akande, in a tweet, said the NCP approved the preparation and presentation to the President and Federal Executive Council, a draft legislative instrument to enact the Health Sector Reform Bill and associated legislation.
“The critical point here is that the President Buhari administration’s proposed reforms will ensure that several millions of Nigerians who can’t afford to pay for it, would begin to receive efficient healthcare services once the new system takes off,” Akande tweeted.
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