THE Federal Government is targeting to offer affordable healthcare to about eight million low and middle-income Nigerians, in the first quarter of 2018, under a new health policy to be known as ‘Buharicare’.

President Buhari The Minister of Health, Prof. Isaac Adewole, who made this disclosure in Abuja, while featuring on Eagle Square; the Radio Nigeria public affairs programme, which was monitored by Vanguard, also said the ministry plans to revitalize additional 6,000 Primary Healthcare Centres (PHC) to position the country on the path towards achieving sustainable development and universal health coverage.

He said: “We plan to offer eight million Nigerians basic healthcare at affordable cost under a health policy we are going to call Buharicare, because it is a deliverable of President Muhammadu Buhari and he is the sole motivator of the programme.

“We have no plan to develop new PHCs but we want to put life into existing ones. A survey done by the Ministry of health and our partners indicated that we have over 30,000 PHCs but only about one out of every five of these PHCs is working.

“So when we came on board, we thought that if we could put life into 10,000 of these PHCs across the country, we would have been able to bring healthcare to at least 100 million Nigerians and we would be on the path towards achieving sustainable development and universal coverage. And, at the last count, we have revitalized over 4,000 PHCs across the country.”

Adewole added that the ministry was also working relentlessly to ensure that a hitherto neglected provision of the National Health Act (2014), which stipulates that at least one percent consolidated revenue be made available by governments at all levels to fund healthcare provision, is implement in three pilot states in the first quarter of this year.

“With effect from first quarter of 2018, we are piloting the implementation of the one percent consolidated revenue provision of the National Health Act (2014). We would implement it in three states of the country with support from donor agencies and international partners. We will implement it in Niger, Abia, and Osun states. “However, we must let Nigerians know that the National Health Act (2014) is more than just one percent consolidated revenue. It is unfortunate that everybody is so sentimental about the ‘one percent’ provision, as if that is all we have to implement with respect to the Act.

“We have set-up all the committees; we are implementing the concept of the National Council on Health. We have also activated support to the states in terms of policy framework,” he asserted.

Speaking on a related development, the health minister revealed that the ministry is making efforts to draw-up a new blueprint for the National Health Insurance Scheme (NHIS) to make it universal in scope; thereby covering all classes of Nigerians. “The NHIS as presently constituted has not failed. It was designed essentially to cover public servants. What we are trying to do now is to redraw a map for NHIS. “The Presidency has asked us to develop a fresh blueprint, and we are working on it. The Senate committee on health is also working on the National Health Insurance Commission Bill. We are working together to give Nigerians a health insurance scheme that is nationwide in coverage and universal in scope,” Adewole declared.

Read more at: https://www.vanguardngr.com/2018/01/buharicare-fg-targets-affordable-healthcare-8m-nigerians-new-policy-minister/


Mods, front page awaits...
Lala, frontpage pleasee

Another hot air from this government of failures. Watch the man himself run to the UK for common cold

Dead on arrival... Oga buhari 2019 pack your bags and go...u cannotuse this to cover the ethic cleansing going on by your Fulani clan.

Buhari has run out of ideas even bad ones -

The dullard want to offer Buhari care for the masses but yet couldnt offer public medical care to his own son and couldnt buy paracetamol or syringe for the state house clinic ..The only care this vile man will be delivering in 2019 will be Daura care when we send him back home #BACK2DAURA

I don't believe those cheap propaganda from APC will sell in South of Nigeria again.

Thank you PMB

Okoroawusa:
Thank you PMB

I hope you will walk the talk and follow Buhari back to Duara ooo

Buhari people don't trust u again cuz of ur kinsmen from futa jallon

Buharicare indeed.

..no project about this government is working. God have wash his hands off this administration. when buhari leave power. he will be abandon by all his close friends and politicians that are benefiting from this government.

that is when his eye will opened about the truth. only his wife will be there for him.

Buhari you no try at all
Even yr zombies laugh out loud for this yr promise

Sounds more like a campaign slogan.
Buharicare ko. His care is needed in stopping the rampaging Fulanis.

Unto ObamaCare in the Nigerian context na abi wetin?
Dis yeye goats no go kill children of God with laugh and poison! Abeg this mangy fulani dog should pack it up, it's going to be a herculean task clearing off his mess already!

This is really funny

booked

Let's Just Laugh to this

wow...

Buhari care for fulani herds men and APC zombies

Buhari is a bastard and a magnanimous disaster to Nigeria and Africa

Buahri your days as President are numbered

No propaganda by you or APC can save ur imminent and inevitable embarrassing defeat in 2019

Nigerians will not enter APC ONE CHANCE again in 2019

Dankwambo is the man of the people

Dankwambo 2019

Buharicare.......



When will our politicians be innovative!


Bunch of dullards everywhere...even adewole sef no dey innovative....copycats



What happened to the NHIS act and how are you working on making it affordable to the masses who are not civil servants...these are areas to address and not one stupid buharicare somewhere....Oshi!!

fulanicare

It should be called buhadeath care.

Is this going to be like insurance selling? I love Buhari but I won't allow any relatives to use Nigerian health insurance


My mum and dad paid millions into NHIS and never used it because their services is shittyyy

Yimu!

They should start from the asorock clinic.

A name that is synonymous with bad luck, I reject this in its entirety

Woo nigeria president is trying.


You nigerians get luck.

What a pity. Another political campaign strategy for 2019. Vegetable has really run out of ideas. All I see is nothing but a disguised campaign office to loot funds for 2019 elections.

Zoogerians have really entered one chance.

BuhariCare should start with himself! He should be treated in our local hospitals when Ill and not flown out of the country. If he cannot fly out every ill citizen for treatment the. He should keep his nonsense health care policy for him and his family.

That's another of the many promises.

Still on campaign mode