President Muhammadu Buhari has
blamed past leaders, especially the immediate past administration of former
President Goodluck Jonathan, for the rot in the nation’s health sector.
Buhari spoke while delivering his
speech at the 58th Annual Delegates’ Meeting and scientific conference of the
Nigeria Medical Association in Abuja on Thursday.
The President, who was
represented by Vice-President Yemi Osinbajo, said when the global price of
crude oil was over $100 per barrel per day, the Jonathan administration failed
to seize the opportunity to invest in the health sector.
He said investments in public
health care must be improved.
The President however stressed
that paying for health care from budgets would not be able to improve the
health sector unless other concerned parties and donor agencies augment
government’s efforts.
His words, “It is no longer news
that we inherited a troubled health care sector and the sector has been
troubled for a long time.
“As one of the manifestations of
the severely low spending on infrastructure generally and in health care in
particular, I think that what we have seen through the years is a scandalously
low level of funding for public health care in Nigeria.
“The level of public sector
investment in health care in our recent past has in no way reflected our
earnings, the high oil earnings, especially in the period between 2010 and
2015. That was when we earned the highest from oil prices.”
The President added that
insurgency in the North-East, which started in the period, further brought the
health sector to its knees with the attendant impact on the level of
immunisation.
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