The National Economic Council (NEC) has endorsed the agreement between the World Health Organisation (WHO) and the governors of the 36 states of the federation to improve healthcare service delivery.
Briefing State House correspondents at the end of the monthly NEC meeting chaired by Vice President Kashim Shettima at the Presidential Villla in Abuja, Governor Bala Mohammed of Bauchi state said the decision was reached following a presentation on the Health Sector Renewal Programme by the Coordinating Minister of Health and Social Welfare, Professor Ali Pate.
He said the presentation outlined the challenges in health sector from financing, human capital and supervision.
“There was a resolution of council that the World Health Organisation is coming in December 15, all the governors will come and sign a compact agreement in terms of service compact.
“Governors will be able to reiterate our determination to approach the health sector in terms of budgeting, given it the required impetus, the required attention that it deserves.
“The National Economic Council received a presentation from the Coordinating Minister of Health and Social Welfare on Nigeria’s Health Sector Renewal Programme which looked and dissected in terms of very robust sector scan on health.
“From tertiary to the primary level, looking at all the gaps, the problem and challenges of funding, and even of the need for renew interest by stakeholders, mostly governors at the subnational level, experts, doctors and everybody.
“And of course the Renewed Hope that President Bola Tinubu’s administration is trying to establish in trying to bring synergy and collaboration between all the various stakeholders in the country.
“And they are trying to make sure that they establish a compact in a manner that we will be able to generate resources from everywhere,” he said.
He said without the health sector being taken care of, the country would not have the necessary technological development.
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