President Muhammadu Buhari on Tuesday directed the
Federal
Ministries of Health and Information to reinvigorate
strategies
in concert with state governments, to ensure that Nigeria is
finally certified polio free by 2017.
He gave the directive while receiving the World Health
Organization (WHO) Regional Director for Africa, Dr.
Matshidiso
Rebecca Moeti at the State House, Abuja.
He also said international partnerships were needed to
sustain
Nigeria’s polio-free status.
Buhari, in a statement issued by his Senior Special
Assistant
on Media and Publicity, Garba Shehu, said: ‘‘We have not
recorded any case of polio in the last two years but we
should
not be complacent.
‘‘The breakdown of law and order in the Northeast has
posed
challenges to regular immunization. The condition of children
in
Internally Displaced Persons (IDPs) camps around the
country
is very pathetic.
‘‘But I know that the Federal and state governments in
partnership with international organizations and NGOs are
doing so much to provide healthcare, rebuild infrastructure
and
facilitate voluntary return of displaced persons to their
communities.”
The President told the visiting WHO envoy, who was
accompanied by Nigeria’s Minister of Health, Prof Isaac
Adewole and the Minister of State, Dr. Osagie Ehanire, that
his
administration would continue to accord priority to
healthcare
through regular funding of public health related
programmes.
Under the federal government health intervention
programme,
the Federal Ministry of Health will provide free surgery to
10,000 poor and needy Nigerians who are registered with
the
National Health Insurance Scheme (NHIS).
The programme, which will commence on July 18, in 46
health
facilities across the country, will also extend free breast
and
cervical cancer tests to 18,000 Nigerians and free diabetes
and
hypertension tests for 500,000 Nigerians.
READ:- President Buhari Sends Budgets of CBN, NNPC,
Others to National Assembly
In her remarks, Dr. Moeti commended the federal
government’s
health programme and pledged continued support of the
organization on health development in Nigeria.


http://solidvevo.com.ng/2016/07/12/nigeria-must-remain-polio-free-president-buhari/

God bless Jonathan
God bless Buhari
God bless Nigeria

Nigeria will be great again.
May God be with you Mr president.