FG To Implement Council On Health’s Resolutions

Alhaji Sani Bala, the Per
manent Secretary, Federal Ministry of Health, yesterday said Federal Government would implement all resolutions reached at the 56th National Council on Health meeting.
He said this is an interview with the newsmen in Lagos on the sideline of the 56th National Council on Health meeting tagged: “Health Sector Now and Beyond 2015.”
Bala said that policies articulated, debated and formulated during the meeting would be effectively implemented.
“The National Council on Health meeting in an annual event that the Minister of Health meets with all the commissioners for health, their officials and delegates and other development partners in the health sector, the UNICEF, WHO, and so many other NGOs.
During which policies on health are articulated, debated and formulated. Some of them implemented immediately after being sanctioned and approved by the council. Some of them require the endorsement of the Federal Executive Council. So, this is the highest policy making body as far as the health sector is concerned in Nigeria.
By the time the policies cut across so many issues, almost all the health sector related issues are going to be debated during this meeting and there are lots of memos. We have over 100 memos from the Minister of Health, commissioners from the states and other agencies like the NHIS, NAFDAC and National Primary Healthcare Development Agency and all these affect the healthcare delivery in Nigeria. And we are going to faithfully and effectively implement all the policies that will be adopted at meeting.