Vice President, Yemi Osinbajo, has declared the second edition of the National Health Dialogue opened with live debates expected on various challenges facing the health sector of the country.
Osinbajo opened the dialogue organised by the Premium Times, an online Nigerian paper, on Tuesday in Abuja.
The Vice President, who was represented by his Chief Medical Officer, Dr Chiedo Nwankwo, said the Nation’s priorities were messed up and there was no truer statement.
The News Agency of Nigeria reports that the dialogue theme is: “Universal Health Coverage” The role of State and Non-State Actors in Healthcare funding and support.
Dr Muhammad Dogo, Former Executive Secretary, National Health Insurance Scheme in his keynote address, showed various statistics that Nigeria was already off track in achieving the Sustainable Development Goals.
Dogo said achieving Universal Health Coverage under the current situation in Nigeria was most challenging.
He also listed other challenges stopping Nigeria from achieving UHC by 2030 to include lack of Implementation of various programmes that would have helped in achieving UHC.
Emir of Gombe, HRH Alhaji Abubakar Shehu III, spoke on the role of traditional institutions in achieving UHC for Women and Children in the past and currently in the country.
He explained how the British and other colonialists used traditional rulers in administering, which further helped in improving the health sector.
He, however, assured that traditional rulers have an advocacy role to play in driving UHC in the country.
The Emir advocated extensive investment by the government and Nigerians in rural areas for rural communities to access quality healthcare delivery.
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