DELTA State Governor, Dr. Ifeanyi Okowa, has
called for a full implementation of the universal
healthcare system as encapsulated in the
National Health Act 2014.
Okowa, who spoke at the 10th Annual All
Fellows Congress and Scientific Conference of
the National Postgraduate Medical College of
Nigeria, said “an important step in this
reorientation process will be a robust health
insurance scheme that gives access to
affordable and quality health services, backed by
an effective legislation.”
According to him, “the universal healthcare is a
coverage that is funded by the government and
provides healthcare for citizens.” He noted that
“the right to health” supersedes other rights.
He stressed that “providing affordable, quality
and accessible healthcare should be a foremost
cardinal policy and programme of any
government because national developmental
aspirations cannot succeed or be sustained
unless adequate attention is paid to the
population’s health status.”
Therefore, the “National Health Act remains
Nigeria’s best option at achieving quality and
accessible healthcare for its citizens. The
National Health Act 2014 provides, for the first
time, an all-encompassing legal framework for
the delivery of affordable and quality healthcare
in Nigeria.
“In synergy with an efficient health financing
system, they ensure that quality health service
becomes affordable and accessible, with citizens
becoming the ultimate beneficiaries.”
The governor stressed the need for a clear
national strategy that defines the comprehensive
vision of a healthcare system that creates value
for both the patient and the healthcare provider,
and the processes required to achieve it.
He disclosed that the Executive Bill on Delta
State Contributory Health Commission has been
forwarded to the House of Assembly, with effort
to ensure it is passed into law this year.
When passed into law, Okowa said, the bill would
increase the demand for health services in the
state, so he solicited the partnership of the
college in attaining of this goal.


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Good enough............ Nice representation

Not like those who confiscates public funds to their private bosom yet, still go for loans

Good one okowa my neibor.

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