Lara Adejoro The Coordinating Minister of Health and Social Welfare, Muhammad Pate, has urged Nigerians to hold the Federal, State, and Local Governments accountable for improving the quality of healthcare and basic services. Pate made this statement on Wednesday in Abuja at the ongoing three-day Nigeria Health Sector-Wide Joint Annual Review, themed “It’s for All of Us: Accelerating Our Health Sector Reforms Together.” He said, “For our citizens, in line with the President’s overall direction, we want you to hold us, as well as your state and local governments, accountable for providing improved quality healthcare services and basic services that we need as a people to create a healthier nation.
“We’re building on the legacy of several health ministers who have come before us, and my colleagues, Dr Tunji Alausa, as well as the current Minister of State, Dr Iziaq Alausa, and many others, and many leaders across different agencies. We’re building the institutions in health, but building on the work of so many others who have gone before us.” The minister noted that, apart from the State of Health Report, the Health Vulnerability and Adaptation Report would also be launched to address the consequences of climate change on health.
“I would like to say that the lives of Nigerians, particularly women and children, are at stake, especially the poorest among us. We must do everything we can to safeguard them, and we will be relentless in our resolve to deliver an.
