NMA ready to work with Buhari

“We believe that a healthy nation is reflected in the health of her citizenry in both the primary, secondary and tertiary health sectors,” said NMA president Dr Kayode Obembe. He said the association was concerns about Nigeria’s effort to attain universal health coverage and was “available for collaboration with the government as we have always […]

“We believe that a healthy nation is reflected in the health of her citizenry in both the primary, secondary and tertiary health sectors,” said NMA president Dr Kayode Obembe.
He said the association was concerns about Nigeria’s effort to attain universal health coverage and was “available for collaboration with the government as we have always done towards effective policy planning in charting a better health sector.”
Meanwhile the Commonwealth Medical Asssociation called on Buhari to “sustain the tidal wave of expectations and legitimate aspirations of the long toiling people of Nigeria.”
CMA vice president for West Africa, Dr Osahon Enabulele, a former president of NMA, said, “We expect the president-elect and his team to work hard to restore public confidence in governance through institution of an all-inclusive and participatory government.”
The association also wants “restriction of government’s funding of travels for foreign medical treatment by political and public office holders, improved political commitment to Nigeria’s health sector and the fundamental health rights of Nigerians, particularly through strict and committed implementation of the National Health Act, 2014, and institution of globally competitive wages for medical doctors/health professionals backed with a robust and dynamic health human resource development plan, amongst other progressive steps.”