Federal government does not have the capacity to stop brain drain in the medical sector, says health minister Osagie Ehanire amid an ongoing strike by NARD.
Nigeria’s health minister Osagie Ehanire says 18
Special vaccination sites have been opened for Nigerians to get a second dose of the COVID-19 vaccine, says the federal government.
“Members of the public are by this notice advised that these persons of interest constitute an immediate health hazard to the society.”
President Buhari would meet with the French President to discuss growing security threats in the Sahel and Lake Chad region.
“It takes a lot of funds to train a medical doctor, nurse or even a laboratory technologist or physiotherapist. So, we want to retain them here.”
The minister said the N10 billion earmarked by the National Assembly for that purpose was intact.
The investigation followed alleged mismanagement, including failure of professional standards.
“It is not the PMTCT that is not working. It is the strategy that we have to tweak. If you look at the numbers we had as far back as 2006; we had about 13,000 women on treatment.”
“Private importation of COVID-19 vaccines has not been authorised due to reports of substandard, falsified vaccines.”
