Nigeria: FG to offer free health services to 60 million poor Nigerians —Health minister

The Federal Government will offer free healthcare delivery to 60 million poor, indigent Nigerians in the coming two years. The Minister of Health, Professor Isaac Adewole, who made the declaration while speaking in Ido-Ekiti, headquarters of Ido/Osi Local Government Area of Ekiti State, said the poor Nigerians would enjoy unfettered medical care.
Professor Adewole also announced that 10,000 primary health facilities would be built in the 774 local gov
ernment areas in the country for effective service delivery to the people and to decongest the tertiary institutions. He said President Muhannadu Buhari was determined to alleviate the sufferings of all Nigerians, who contributed to his victory at the poll in the area of healthcare delivery by fortifying both the primary and secondary health institutions.

“The tertiary institutions are not meant to treat malaria or skin rashes but to attend to critical issues. We are determined to take away over 70 per cent of patients from the teaching hospitals, but the heads of tertiary institutions must find a way to relate freely with these cadres for effective healthcare delivery.