Adewole Charges Ministry
Adewole Charges Ministry on Sustainable Health
Policies
The Minister of Health, Prof. Isaac Adewole has called on the
management staff of the Federal Ministry of Health and stakeholders
in the health sector to improve on achievements recorded and
sustain the implementation of health policies. The Minister said
Policies such as National Health Policy, National Strategic Health
Development Plan1 and II and Basic Healthcare Provision Fund
(BHCPF) were some of the key policies that needed to be sustained
for the improvement of the Nigerian Health Sector.
The Minister gave this charge on Tuesday, 28th May, 2019 while
speaking at the Valedictory Management Meeting and Handing over
ceremony organized by the Ministry in honor of the Minister and the
Minister of State.
The Minister said that before he became a Minister he had worked
with the Ministry for several years in various capacities right
from the time of Prof. Ransome Kuti, however, his appointment as a
Minister gave him an opportunity to sit in the center and drive the
affairs of the sector, directly.
The Minister maintained, “For us, over last few years, we have
done our bit. The health sector is a very challenging one, such
that, one can never complete the assignment; the best, one can do,
is to do one’s bit and leave.’’ Commending the management staff of
the Ministry, Adewole said, “In the last four years you supported
us to develop National Health Policy with support from the former
Minister of Health, Prof. Lambo, we also develop National Strategic
Health Development Plan II and now we are fortunate to be
implementing the Basic Healthcare Provision Fund.’’
He informed that, “over the years, governments put on policy
without plan or the plan would come four or five years after the
policy and when the policy or plan comes, there would be no money;
but what is unique about this tenure is that,, we are fortunate, we
have the policy, we have the plan and we had the money, that is
what has become the ‘’Game changer’’ in terms of health sector
restructuring.”
In his remarks, the Permanent Secretary, FMOH, Alh. Abdulaziz
Mashi Abdullahi, appreciated the Hon. Minister for his open door
policy, style of administration, in the Ministry; in that, when he
assumed as office as the Permanent Secretary of the Ministry of
Health with poor knowledge on health matters, the Minister assisted
him to understand health sector quickly.
Directors in the Ministry appreciated the outgoing Ministers and
wished them well in their future endeavors.
Boade Akinola