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We’re Collaborating With All Relevant Stakeholders To Fix Nigeria’s Healthcare System – Tunji Alausa
Eko Hot Blog reports that Minister of State for Health and Social Welfare, Dr. Tunji Alausa, has said the new administration is collaborating with all relevant stakeholders in the health ministry to fix the country’s ailing healthcare system.
Alausa made the statement during a 3-day Ministerial Briefing organised by the Federal Ministry of Health and Social Welfare at the weekend.
The meeting was organised to chart a blueprint for Nigeria’s healthcare system.
The minister, a board-certified Nephrologist who won laurels in the United States (US) for his contribution to healthcare, noted that Nigeria’s healthcare system is far away from reaching the desired level.
He, however, said the administration of President Bola Tinubu is committed to making the system work for the good of all Nigerians.
“We have gone through many transitions, the retreat, strategic workshop, and ministerial briefing. This is a listening session; we want to listen to the leadership of the Ministry of Health and see where things are,” Alausa said.
“Many people have worked hard in the last years or decades, but if we are honest with ourselves, we are not there yet. This is not the trend of healthcare we want for our citizens. This is the year 2023 there is still a lot of things lacking in the healthcare system.
“So today we will listen and then we will work collaboratively in the next few days, come together and decide the way forward on what we want to do in the next four years. It’s going to be a collaborative effort, by Saturday we all decide and gather together and list our agenda on where we are going, so we have a sync, we are doing the same thing and talking together.
“President Bola Tinubu has made a commitment to citizens, he said several times that he was going to fix the health sector, and has given Pate and me the mandate to do everything that is humanly possible to fix the health sector for Nigerians and we will do it… a lot of people have worked so hard but for once let’s be honest with ourselves, we are still far from where we should be and that’s where we are beginning to work on.”
Speaking further, the health minister noted that the health and social welfare ministry is deliberate and intentional about collaborations with stakeholders and agencies to achieve the mandate of fixing the troubled health sector.
“I am confident that we are going to have an amazing robust, fruitful, honest discussion with ourselves, we are going to listen and take everybody’s input, put it together and amalgamate everything together and come up with what will work for Nigerians,” Alausa said.
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