Senate queries Adewole over poor state of health infrastructure

The Senate has summoned the Minister of Health, Prof. Isaac
Adewole, and had asked him to explain the reasons for the
unflattering state of health facilities all over the country.

Taking to its official Twittter handle on Tuesday, Senate
President Bukola Saraki observed that despite the annual budgetary
allocation to the health sector, Nigerians are still dying because
of obsolete equipment, and poor state of infrastructure, among
others.

Saraki told Adewole: “We would give you the opportunity to take
the floor to brief the Senate on the state of affairs of the
Nigerian Teaching Hospitals. We are concerned with the
deteriorating conditions of our hospital facilities across the
country.

“Despite the annual budgetary allocation to the health sector,
Nigerians are still dying because of obsolete equipment, the poor
state of infrastructure, lack of a generating sets, lack of power,
sometimes lack of diesel, lack of drugs etc which we are very
concerned about.

“We will like to hear from you on what the true situation is,
what solutions and measures you have to address the problem that is
affecting the entire country and after that, we will take questions
from my colleagues.”

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