FG Stops Allowance For Public Officials on Foreign Medical Treatment

President Muhammadu Buhari has said the federal government will no longer provide funds to public officials to travel abroad for medical attention unless the case cannot be handled in Nigeria.
Minister of Health,Prof. Isaac Adewole who
represented the president said:

“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,” Buhari said, according to a statement by the Director, Media and Public Relations, Ministry of Health, Mrs. Boade Akinola.

Buhari called on the health professionals to discontinue inter-professional crisis which he said had impacted negatively on the nation’s healthcare delivery system.

“We have seen the hazards that this unfortunate and highly preventable problems have caused to the quality of health care delivery in Nigeria. May I implore members of NMA to always imbibe the spirit of team work to ensure harmonious relationship with other health professionals, no profession can effectively and efficiently function without the other,” he said.