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No more medical trips for govt officials, Buhari declares
Government officials seeking funding for medical trips outside the country will henceforth have to look elsewhere, as the Federal government says it will no longer fund such trips when the cases can be treated in Nigeria.
President Muhammadu Buhari made the assertion in Sokoto on Wednesday, while speaking at the opening ceremony of the 56th Annual General Conference and delegates meeting of Nigeria Medical Association (NMA).
Buhari, who was represented by the Minister of Health, Professor Isaac Adewole, said that his administration would not encourage expending hard earned resources on any government official seeking medical care abroad.
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According to him, “While this administration will not deny anyone of his or her fundamental human rights, we will certainly not encourage expending Nigerian hard-earned resources on any government official seeking medical care abroad, when such can be handled in Nigeria.”
While calling on members of the association to avoid inter-professional crises which had impacted negatively on the nation’s healthcare delivery system, the president also enjoined them to always imbibe the spirit of team work to ensure harmonious relationship with other health professionals, noting, that no profession can effectively and efficiently function without the other.
While also pledging government’s commitment to welfare of the health professionals, he added that “government will review all previous agreements and take reasonable decisions that will not infringe on the right of the workers and also invest in programmes that will improve capacity of all cadres of health workers.”
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