Increasing domestic health financing, industrialisation and improved health outcomes would be topmost on the agenda of the Tinubu administration in the health sector, Vice President Kashim Shettima has said.
The vice president said this Tuesday when a delegation from the Global Health Partners – the Global Fund, US President’s Malaria Initiative (PMI) and the US President’s Emergency Plan For AIDS Relief (PEPFAR) paid him a courtesy visit at the presidential villa.
The vice president restated the commitment of the Tinubu administration to reposition Nigeria’s healthcare system.
He pledged the president’s political support to improve health outcomes for all Nigerians, increased domestic financing for health and promote health industrialisation.
“These are three major commitments I am making on behalf of my boss and be rest assured that our word is our bond. I want to assure you that we are determined to catapult the nation to a higher pedestal. We are committed to changing the narrative of inclusive growth, of a Nigeria where every black man will be proud of.
“President Tinubu is a man of vision and he has the courage to follow through whatever he believes in, from the appointment of the Minister of Health, there is a clear testimony to the drive, the political commitment of the president and the current leadership towards repositioning the Nigerian nation.
“The Minister of Health is a man of impeccable credentials. He is a celebrated public health practitioner with the experience, exposure and commitment to drive the change we seek in the health sector,” he said.
The vice president urged the Global Health Partners and other stakeholders in the health sector to support the new leadership in the health ministry to actualise the president’s vision for all Nigerians.
