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New health reform bill underway, says Osinbajo at Committee Retreat

Oluwaseun Sonde by Oluwaseun Sonde
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Nigerian Vice President, Professor Yemi Osinbajo has said that pending a full committee report review and a complete policy document appraisal, a new health reform bill that will reposition country’s health sector for improved delivery, set objectives to Nigerians will be in the works soon.

According to the statement released by his aide, Laolu Akande on Wednesday, the VP who made this disclosure, on Tuesday in Abuja at the closing of the two-day Presidential Health Reform Committee Retreat.



Said, “The next steps now are to finalize subcommittee reports for the review of the full committee and produce a full committee report to guide the drafting of the policy document. And then draft a health reform Bill”.

The Vice President then thanked the Committee members for their hard work and dedication, noting that “in two days you have reached some concrete conclusions.”

He also reaffirmed the Buhari Administration’s commitment towards ensuring that the reform objectives are achieved.

Earlier at the opening of the retreat on Monday, the Vice President emphasized that the Federal Government’s ongoing efforts to reposition Nigeria’s healthcare delivery system must include collaboration among different levels of government and the private sector to ensure effective implementation of reforms that will cater to the needs of Nigerians in the 21st century.



It would be recalled that President Muhammadu Buhari had in September 2021, approved the establishment of a Health Sector Reform Committee and appointed the Vice President as Chair of the Committee, which was officially inaugurated by the VP in January 2022.

The Health Minister, Dr. Osagie Ehanire, also a member of the Committee was in attendance at the retreat and also Senator Ibrahim Yahaya Oloriegbe, who is the Chairman of the Senate Committee on Health.

Other members of the committee present at the 2-day retreat included the Emir of Shonga, HRH, Dr Haliru Yahaya; DG, Bureau of Public Enterprises (BPE), Mr. Alex Okoh; DG, Federal Competition and Consumer Protection Commission (FCCPC), Mr. Tunde Irukera.

DG, Nigerian Centre for Disease Control (NCDC), Dr Ifedayo, Adetifa; Former Coordinator, Presidential Task Force on COVID-19, Dr Sani Aliyu; Lagos State Commissioner of Health, Prof Akin Abayomi; and Lead Coordinator, Presidential Health Reform Committee, Dr Nicholas Audifferen.

Also present were Dr. Muhammad Saddiq; Dr. Adedamola Dada; Prof Uche Amazigbo; Prof. Ibrahim Abubakar; Prof Cyril Usifoh, among others.

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