Posted on: 06:09 Fri, 08 Apr 2016



A statement by President Muhammadu
Buhari‘s Senior Special Assistant on Media and Publicity, Garba Shehu, has shown that the President appealed to members of the National Association of Resident Doctors not to embark on their planned industrial action and avail the Federal government more time to address their grievances.

The appeal was made at a meeting he had
with the leadership of the Nigerian Medical

Association at the Presidential Villa, Abuja.
The statement read in parts:

Decrying the adverse impact of the fall in
oil prices on the Federal Government’s
spending plans for health and other sectors,
President Buhari said that his administration will continue to do its best to address issues that are of concern to doctors and other Nigerians.

The President also gave the NMA
delegation an insight into his
administration’s plan to establish 10,000
primary healthcare centres across the
country in the next two years with the
objective of providing better healthcare for
about 100 million Nigerians.

He also told the delegation led by NMA
President, Dr. Kayode Obembe, that the
National Health Act will soon be gazetted
and a steering committee appointed to
oversee its implementation.

Source: Today.ng