The Nigerian Union of Allied Health Professionals (NUAHP) has appealed to the president-elect, Sen.
Bola Tinubu to appoint a seasoned administrator as the Minister of Health to revive the health sector.
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Ogbonna said that Nigeria needed ”to migrate from having clinicians as minister of health to having health professionals with expertise in health policy and management to redefine the country’s health system”.
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“The incoming administration, when appointing ministers, should not look at us who are healthcare professionals, let the incoming administration pick seasoned administrators to be Minister of Health.
Eyitayo Lambo, a seasoned health economist to handle the affairs of the health sector and he did marvellously well because he was not biased, he was an administrator per excellence.
“So, those of us who are clinicians or health professionals should go and face the clinics and manage our patients.
“We don’t have enough health professionals because many have left the country