Mr Olatise urged doctors to uphold their responsibility to Nigeria in spite of their challenges.
The federal government says organised labour has the duty to enforce compliance with the minimum wage payments by state governments.
Mr Pate emphasised the progress made in combating HIV and acknowledged the crucial support provided by the U.S. government.
“That is the dream of every trade union leader: to ensure that everybody gets coverage; so, it is one thing to make law; it is another thing to operationalise it.”
Stakeholders revealed that the federal government’s counterpart funding to support the scheme has not been stable.
Some deposit money banks fraudulently withheld the sum since 2015 and refused to remit into the Treasury Single Account for NHIS.
“We have a huge burden of acute kidney disease, and (it) is increasing in prevalence as countries around the world cannot cope with the cost of treatment.”
She said any corps member involved in any form of electoral offence would face the wrath of the law as stipulated in the Electoral Act.
“Let me warn you against using social media to disparage government policies…allow all the lessons learnt…to incorporate you into change vanguards.”
