Nigeria’s healthcare system is on the verge of collapse and requires urgent presidential intervention, the Coalition of Concerned Nigerians on Health Reform has warned, urging President Bola Tinubu to declare a state of emergency in the sector.
The group also passed a vote of no confidence on Muhammad Pate, Coordinating Minister of Health and Social Welfare, accusing him of failing to address worsening manpower shortages, dilapidated health facilities, inadequate funding and the mass exodus of healthcare professionals.
The group said the country’s healthcare system had deteriorated to a point where routine policy interventions were no longer sufficient, warning that millions of Nigerians were facing delayed treatment, worsening access to quality healthcare and avoidable deaths.
Addressing journalists, Muniretu Isa, said: “Enough Is Enough: Declare a State of Emergency in Nigeria’s Health Sector Now,” in which the group announced that it had lost confidence in Prof. Pate’s leadership of the sector.
“We have lost confidence in Prof. Muhammad Ali Pate as the Coordinating Minister of Health,” the coalition declared, urging the President to take urgent and far-reaching action to rescue the nation’s healthcare system.
