Former Vice President Atiku Abubakar
has blamed the lack of vision by
Nigerian leaders for the poor
governance in the country.
Mr. Atiku spoke in Owerri, the Imo
State capital as Chairman at the All
Progressives Congress, APC,
Governors Progressive Governance
Lecture Series, where he also noted
that a lack of resources was not
responsible for Nigeria’s relative
under-development.
The former Vice President said
Nigeria has the resources, but needs
“leadership, vision and determination
to make things work.”
In the speech, which dwelt
extensively on health, Mr. Atiku said
the outbreak of the Ebola Virus
Disease, EVD, in Nigeria had brought
to fore Nigeria’s emergency
management response strategies.
According to him, the arrival of the
fatal disease called for an urgent
need for adequate investments in
healthcare, infrastructure and service
delivery across the country.
Addressing the inconsistency
between Nigeria’s resources and its
performance, Mr. Atiku said the
statistics were disturbing and that
the outbreak of Ebola had only
exposed the underbelly of our
healthcare system.
He regretted that despite Nigeria’s
vast resources and human capital the
doctor-to-patient ratio in Nigeria was
1 to 6,400 which was far below the
WHO standard of 1 to 600.
He also lamented that Nigerians had
50 per cent access to improved
water source and 35 per cent
adequate sanitation.
On infant and maternal mortality rate
of 74 and 630 respectively, the
former Vice President said the figures
put Nigeria among the worst.
The former vice president said health
was not a privilege, but a right which
“every citizen in a modern society is
entitled to.”
He explained that security and
healthcare were critical areas posing
urgent and grave challenges to
Nigeria.
He said emphasis on healthcare
education was no less important, and
that it was embarrassing that in the
21st century, Nigerians would be
resorting to crude solution of
“soaking ourselves in salty water to
fight the virulent Ebola virus.”
He also lamented the fact that “highly
qualified and experienced medical
professionals who were trained at
public expense but chose to practice
abroad.”
Mr. Atiku said there should be
creative solutions to deal with this
situation of investing heavily in
healthcare professionals who end up
serving abroad.
He explained that in a federal
system, states should introduce
policies that would attract doctors to
serve their needs.
“There is no justification for workers
everywhere in the country to earn the
same salaries,” he said.

This atiku guy talks a lot wasn't this talkative once a leader. Was his administration any better than this foolish man

When you were the VP, what happened, we're your visions sleeping?... you come here they form 3D HD visioneer...mtcheeeeeew...





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See Atiku, the father of all ''looting vision'' talking. SMH in annoyance.

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Shameless animal whose vision was to loot the country dry and set up overnight elite American university only thieves like him can afford.

See kettle calling pot Black!

His Gp(personal doctor) is probably based in Washington DC where he has a palatial mansion,yet he is talking about health care being the right of all citizens in a "modern" society.

Yeye man.

No man is foolish who is not an slowpoke. Atiku has never been a national leader except a VP once and he messed up. Atiku will come back to PDP before 2019. He is now just training and testing ground for 2019.

the guy is just funny.

I like this guy; he is visionary: he married a wife each from the corners of this nation


#man wey sabi see

As if Atiku himself is a visionary leader, a kettle calling pot black, his years as head of customs speaks volumes. Jefferson is cooling off in jail why he is walking about free after being indicted.

Nija don suffer ooo.so Atiku of all people dey form messiah.mtchew