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The northern teaching hospitals getting more than the southern hospitals. Are they bigger or do they treat more patients? Which teaching hospital is as big as UI's or Unilag's. What do I know?

onatisi:
But all these teaching hospitals generate revenue for themselves by the fees they collect from patients or am I missing something here?

The revenues doesn't cover their total cost when it's difficult for them to collect on debt etc. In addition to these, who funds all the research in these teaching hospitals? Will the meager token allocated to the hospitals be enough to fund meaningful Healthcare research across all campuses?

Change Magic Budget


The Nigerian government is proposing to spend more on capital projects at the State House Medical Centre this year than it would provide for the 16 teaching hospitals belonging to it.
If the proposed budget is approved as presented to federal lawmakers, the State House Clinic will get N787million more in capital allocation than all the 16 teaching hospitals combined.
The State House Medical Centre is a facility that provides healthcare for President Muhammadu Buhari, Vice President Yemi Osinbajo, their families and other employees of the Presidency, all possibly less than a thousand.
Federal teaching hospitals cater for the heath needs of millions of Nigerians, train medical doctors and other health professionals for the nation while also serving as top medical research centres.
A breakdown of the 2016 Appropriation Bill shows that a total of N3.87billion has been allocated for capital projects at the State House Clinic.
In contrast, the country’s 16 federal government-owned teaching hospitals individually only got a fraction of the allocation made for the presidential clinic.
According to the proposed budget, N212,539,245 has been allocated for capital projects at the University of Lagos Teaching Hospital in Lagos, one of the country’s most populous states, while the capital allocation for the Ahmadu Bello University Teaching Hospital, Kaduna, is N230,904,795.

Similarly, the capital allocation for the University College Hospital, Ibadan, is N230,904,795; University of Nigeria Teaching Hospital, Enugu (N218,335,908); University of Benin Teaching Hospital (N212,886,502); Obafemi Awolowo Teaching Hospital, Ile Ife (N162,622,221); University of Ilorin Teaching Hospital (N166,802,164); University of Jos Teaching Hospital (N228,717,880); and University of Port Harcourt (N169,498,392).
The capital allocation for other hospitals are: University of Calabar Teaching Hospital (N201,082,446); University of Maiduguri Teaching Hospital (N215,151,873); Usman Dan Fodio University Teaching hospital, Sokoto (N279,000,000); Aminu Kano University Teaching Hospital (N210,380,376); Nnamdi Azikiwe University Teaching Hospital, Nnewi (N166,188,931); University of Abuja Teaching Hospital (N198,715,702); and Abubakar Tafawa Balewa University Teaching Hospital (N229,005,992).
Health industry experts consider the annual huge capital allocation to the State House Medical Centre as “outrageous and baffling”.
“It is unbelievable to see that Buhari is continuing in the tradition of pampering the State House Clinic every year with outrageous capital allocations while teaching hospitals that cater for several millions of people are allowed to rot,” an official at the National Hospital, Abuja, told PREMIUM TIMES. He requested not to be named for fear he might be victimised by the administration.
In the 2015 budget, which gave N150million capital vote to the hospital, the equipment to be procured and the projects for execution were clearly spelt out. So also were the amounts to be spent on each equipment and project.
But this year, the presidency failed to indicate how it plans to spend the about N4billion it proposes to spend on capital projects at the hospital. It is a one-line item in the budget, and there is no breakdown of what equipment would be procured and what project would be executed.
By virtue of the huge allocation to the State House Medical Centre President Buhari, Vice President Osinbajo, their families and their staff at Aso Rock are assured of state-of-the-art medical care.
However, millions of Nigerians, many of them poor voters, who bought into the president’s message of change, are to continue to make do with decrepit facilities in under-funded teaching hospitals and other government-owned health facilities across the country.
Checks by PREMIUM TIMES indicates that this year’s huge budgetary allocation for the State House Medical Centre is a continuation of what appears a tradition of over-equipping the clinic at the detriment of other health facilities in the country.
A 2009 report by the rested NEXT newspaper revealed that the State House clinic had 17 ambulances, the highest by any hospital in the country at the time.
According to the report, in 2008, 10 new state-of-the-art ambulances were brought from North Carolina in the United States, parked inside the presidential villa and left unused.
At the time the ambulances were left to rot away in Aso Rock, the National Hospital, Abuja, believed to be one of the topmost hospitals in the country, had only nine ambulances while the General Hospital in Nyanya, a decaying facility on the outskirts of Abuja, that served more than 300,000 people, had just a jalopy 504 Station Wagon (CT 89-A10) as its only ambulance.
Last November, a report by the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) revealed that there were only two functional radiotherapy machines, an essential equipment for the treatment of cancer, in the country, one of which belonged to a private hospital.
According to the World Health Organisation (WHO), over 100,000 Nigerians are diagnosed with cancer annually, and about 80,000 die from the disease yearly.

The decrepit state of health facilities in the country, apart from the consequent losses of lives, has also caused huge economic loss to the country. Nigerians who can afford it spend billions of naira annually in the United States, Europe, India and other places in search of better healthcare.
Adewunmi Alayaki, Secretary General of the Nigerian Medical Association, said government should consider redistributing the allocation so that health facilities used by ordinary Nigerians can get better financial allocation.
“The lopsidedness in the distribution of allocations is keyed towards the State House health needs and the rest of the country are now sharing less funds than what is allocated to one health facility,” Mr. Alayaki told PREMIUM TIMES via telephone.
“I think government should look into that and correct it. Ordinary Nigerians do not have access to that facility (State House Medical Centre) so they should redistribute and invest more in areas where ordinary Nigerians have access to.”
The Minister of Budget and National Planning, Udoma Udo Udoma, could not be reached to comment for this story. He is said to be on his way to France with President Buhari.
The Minister of State in the ministry, Zainab Ahmed, could also not be reached. Multiple calls to her telephone failed to connect.


Source: http://www.premiumtimesng.com/news/headlines/197828-2016-budget-buhari-spend-state-house-clinic-federal-govt-owned-teaching-hospitals.html



SMDH. And these people will still travel abroad for health visits despite the humongous amount allocated to a small clinic while our teaching hospitals rot and decay in abject neglect.


This is not the change I voted for!!! I'll join the wailers on this one.

obie206:
You can now see how important it is that these people support the Biafra struggle! They are simply mentally inferior to the Igbos, as evidenced by this action and the cluelessness of their son!

This is an awesome way to invite other ethnic groups to your struggle. Equity be damned, automatic subjugation.

Smh

TippyTop:
Nothing will change the fortunes of Osun if Aregbese continues his "socialist policies"

There's a reason why the world rejected socialism for capitalism. From Communist China to the old Soviet Union, socialism was abandoned but in name only.
Buhari is pursuing the same "socialism and welfarism" using Osun template. If it didn't work in Russia and China methinks it won't work in Nigeria.
Remember Aregbese was doling out free food, free computers, Opon imo, O-yes, O-REAP, O-Schools, O-Meals until he got to O-shit.

We need socialized education and healthcare to a large extent, in as much as it won't bankrupt the state. But government should hands off the rest for capitalism to flourish. That is the growth engine.


I think Aregbesola should embrace anybody that'll setup processing plants across the state. We need value added exports.

MyGeneration:
What obiano needs to do is meet with his anambra brothers both home and abroad, d importer's and exporter's and give them reasons to start manufacturing those things they import, even if its possible build d factory for them then lease it out to them to pay back the money in time, then capture the Nigerian market lagos wud be d first after filling up d ss/se market we head to lagos.
The arrangement wud be instead of importing from over seas u import from anambra and distribute in Lagos and Sw.

It would be laudable.That is where each state should go, reduce the pressure on forex by less imports of finished goods. Manufacture, assemble, just do part of the production line locally and the country will be blessed. We all want progress for Nigeria. A lot of lives were lost to keep the country together.

Johnnyessence:
education is d best legacy hmm.

Too long term for our current predicament. Money is needed fast!

All well and good. The most painful aspect of the osun saga is the inability of the state not being able to resuscitate the Ede cocoa processing plant and basically selling it to the Chinese. Oh well.

School school school sha

No money making initiatives?

Does anybody know if one can buy equipment to setup a cassava processing factory that produces Tapioca Starch locally? Something small to medium scale? I've see quite a lot of equipment on Alibaba, but was wondering if it can be sourced in Nigeria.

And for those that have experience, care to share the basic equipment that will be needed?

A ton of Tapioca currently exports for $300 to $400 FOB and if one retails in the USA where everybody is going gluten free then you can retail a pound of tapioca for $10 to $20. There are roughly 2000 lbs in a metric ton.

Is it illiteracy or just plain laziness. Like nobody bothered to read the article.

The youths of today. Smh

This is what Nigeria needs. Export everything exportable but I'd rather we add more value to our exports by processing. We'll make more money that way.

Good job Anambra.

Jonathan was simply evil.

Sir, what is your economic vision?

Alcatraz001:
Nairaland is a time waster, its better to do yahoo with your data than fighting a fellow poor man online.

The site is good to learn about the country, it's people and culture. When you spend your time defending political parties or politicians with zero ideologies the. It becomes a waste of time.

What is the ideological difference between APC or PDP? Which platform supports capitalism or socialism? What do they stand for? In the absence of no ideology you find divisions only across ethnic lines. Which means the voters will never know the ideology that will best develop his or her situation and they are left grasping at straws cursing each other out since they originated from one region of the country and forgetting that ethnic identity is not a permanent thing. The so called igbos and Yorubas migrated to their current location from other places in waves, speaking different tongues before what they currently speak or identify with. At some point these different groups were one and spoke the same language. The affiliation and associations is continous, it's the human experience. Today we are all Nigerians, tomorrow we may be identified as just Africans. Think people.

Keystonn:
Warn ur Yoruba goons to desist from trying to divide SE and SS with propagandas

Think of elevating yourself and your family and forget cardinal directions for a minute.

My contribution to another thread since I know some of these elites and can observe the unity amongst them.


Nigeria is a united country in looting and the ethnic garbage spewed are just the pawns used to get leverage and more access to the loot.

Spend your time thinking of elevating yourself and your family. No tribe or leader owes you anything!

kayfra:
This is a misnomer of a thread.

There is simply no disunity amongst the igbo and yoruba elites i.e. the people that matter. Look around you and see them socializing, intermarrying and worshipping. It's only the lowlife and the poor from both tribes that engage in dick measuring contests. Ask yourself if any member engaging in such triviality contributes to the group success of the respective tribes.

Don't waste your life away as a pawn when the people that matter are busy celebrating life together.

Wrong post

BlackBaron:
It's not rocket science.

Money from oil revenues were under declared or stolen at the point of source by those in charge. Basically, they were stopped before being fed into the system. Hence why it's still baffling to him at the type of stealing going on under his nose because he knew very little as President.
Proof of oil lifted as was spotted in even the limited PWC audit (for example) were not commensurate with funds repatriated to the Government, yet still doesn't understand.

About the supposed $2 billion, no one worth a brain believes it got lifted just like that, but by goodness! The hardware bought were never close to reaching that number. Bottom line is some of the security funds got diverted to unintended purposes.

'Does he understand all this?'

God bless you for getting it.

Jackrich:
Why are the Yorubas always making a mockery of a people's genuine agitation to go their separate ways? Is unity now by force?

If a people strongly feel that they are better off on their own I don't see any reason why they should be forced to stay .

It's simple .

Nothing unconstitutional about making jest of perceived clowns.

At least they are not preventing you. They are only laughing at you.

He tackled Boko Haram by eating all the yam allocated for the battle and sending our troops to the war front with cutlass and a prayer.

KinkyAngela:
For staters, Jide Omokore is a Yoruba from Kogi state. Lets see if his people would hit the street on a '' leave am na our son'' solidarity protest

Don't bet your life on it. Yorubas don't tolerate iwa jatijati especially for thieves that don't have our communal interest in mind. Tinubu I see you

Operatives of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission on Tuesday evening arrested Jide Omokore, an ally of former president, Goodluck Jonathan, and Chairman of Atlantic Energy Drilling Concepts Nigeria Limited.
PREMIUM TIMES gathered the arrest was in connection with a series of multi-billion dollar petrol import and crude export deals.
Multiple security sources told PREMIUM TIMES that Mr Omokore, who is still in EFCC custody, has made revealing statements.
Atlantic Energy Limited was one of the companies that received multibillion dollar worth of public assets without due process by the Jonathan administration in 2011.
The company, which was created less than a year earlier and had not produced a droplet of oil, was awarded controlling stakes in two lucrative oil blocks – OML 30 and 34 – for just over $50 million each.
The deal, which was signed by the immediate past minister of petroleum, Diezani Alison-Madueke, gave Atlantic Energy Limited a controlling 55 percent stake in the oil block.
Curiously, Shell, which owned the remaining 45 per cent stake, fetched $1.3 billion for a single field after an open and competitive bidding process.

The company was also indicted for lifting crude oil, but only remitting a fraction of its worth to the government.
In 2012, Atlantic Energy paid $168m into the government’s account, but lifted about three million barrels – valued at over $350 million.
In 2013, it also lifted about 2 million barrels of crude valued at about $240million, but paid only $68million.
Similarly, in 2014, Atlantic Energy paid zero cash-call, but lifted about 500,000 barrels of crude oil, valued at $54 million.
SPOG, another of Mr. Omokore’s companies, is also being investigated by the office of the Attorney General of the Federation, in an alleged N400 million petrol import fraud.
SPOG allegedly imported 3,000 metric tonnes of PMS but filed claims for subsidy payment of 13,000 metric tonnes with the Petroleum Product Regulatory Agency (PPRA), therefore pocketing N400 million more than it should have been paid.
Also, Seven Energy Limited, which owns Septa Energy Nigeria Limited, one of the business interests of Mr. Omokore, was also awarded the concession of OML 4, 38, and 41 towards the end of Mrs. Allison-Madueke’s tenure as petroleum minister.
Another company in the complex web of companies chaired by Mr. Omokore, Seven Energy, is partly owned by Energy Resources Management Limited, indicted in the import waiver scandal.
A Daily Trust report of December 2010 revealed that Energy Resources imported 250,000 metric tonnes of rice into the country without paying a kobo in import duties, levies, ECOWAS Trade Liberalisation Scheme (ETLS), Comprehensive Import Scheme (CISS) and other levies because of the waiver it allegedly got from the presidency.
Fivatek Nigeria Limited, a wholly-owned subsidiary of Energy Resources Group, was also involved in the controversy-ridden National Fertilizer Company (NAFCON) before it was sold.
Mr. Omokore was alleged to have colluded with Sunny Essien, a former managing director of NAFCON and others, to funnel ₦10million into former President Olusegun Obasanjo’s campaign account, largely through the company’s account domiciled with the Abuja branch of the defunct Trade Bank.
He is believed to have been indicted by the judicial commission of enquiry, which looked into the finances of NAFCON.

http://www.premiumtimesng.com/news/headlines/197538-efcc-arrests-jonathans-ally-jide-omokore-over-alleged-multibillion-dollar-fraud.html

hoseamatoh:
Don't forget the 50 box recently added to current accounts o

That one is for banks to recoup money they'll lose due to the reduction of interest rates.

[quote author=gboye1999 post=42363851][/quote]Didn't mention this in my earlier reply. Our budget is supposed to address our infrastructural deficits, so we will be practicing some form of Keynes economics where government will spend us out of our recession. The spending will be done on infrastructural projects mostly under Fashola's ministry.

Hope and pray.

If this information is true then the idiot should first massacre the entire NE is they don't fish out the sponsors of Boko Haram.

I wish the southern protectorate had stayed on its own in 1914 or they allowed these northern nomads to seceded back in the 60s. It would have been a buoyant southern nigeria with healthy competition. Awon eranko.

Zika is primarily transmitted via mosquito bites and it's not a new disease.

Move to trash or zombie forum.