Senate President, Dr. Abubakar Bukola Saraki, has stated that healthcare insurance and coverage should be mandatory for all Nigerians.
Speaking at the close of debate, after the Senate's consideration of the Second Reading of a Bill for An Act to Repeal the National Health Insurance Commission (NHIC), the Senate President stated that affordable healthcare was the right of every Nigerian, hence, the Senate would work to expand the scope of the existing national healthcare insurance system through enabling laws.
"The high mortality rate that we experience with certain health conditions is largely due to lack of basic and affordable healthcare," the Senate President said, "Our focus should be on health coverage for all Nigerians - irrespective of their background.
"Universal healthcare for all our citizens will ensure that common illnesses like malaria, and conditions like maternal childbirth, will no longer lead to loss of life."
Does that also grant the poor the opportunity to travel to 'in the abroad' to receive treatment like they the rich and politicians do. Because let's face facts our health-care system is a joke. I stopped believing in it when they operated my cousin for ulcer. In which he didn't make it out of the surgical room.
ReplyDeleteWhich hospital operated your cousin for ulcer? I find it hard to believe that a licensed medical doctor will operate for ulcer. Or else u people took him to all them quacks. Anyway may his soul continue to rip
DeleteWhen u don't know, u ask...complication of ulcer like obstruction can b operated.
DeleteGood one, but corruption will not let us to be great as a country.
ReplyDeleteI hope to God they can implement it.
ReplyDeleteBeautiful
ReplyDeleteUniversal healthcare for everyone means they 'll get treated even if they can't afford it, coz you don't expect a road side trader to buy health insurance!!
ReplyDeleteNice one.
ReplyDeleteDoes he even understand what that means or is he saying it because he heard the phrase on CNN? Let's start with reducing the cost of running the fvking government first!
ReplyDeleteAnon7:47! You are mouthed!!! 😊😊😊😊😊😊. You nailed it! Well said. Thank you for this comment. God bless you real good for me joor!
DeleteConsidering that Dr Saraki is a medical doctor, who established Nigeria's first successful community health insurance scheme, yes he probably knows what he is talking about, unlike you fake pastorians that actually imagine that people learn anything from CNN.
DeleteI wish it will come to pass
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