NSSF pledges to strengthen healthcare system in Nigeria

Worried about the deteriorating healthcare system, poverty rate and unemployment in the country, Nigeria Solidarity Support Fund (NSSF) has pledged to transform lives and strengthen the healthcare system. 
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The body gave the pledge during a press briefing in Lagos. Its General Manager, Fejiro Chinye-Nwoko, stated that Nigeria needs a committed movement of citizens participating in development to tackle the rising rate of poverty.
 
Chinye-Nwoko said: “Our mission is to build a healthier Nigeria. During COVID, we found that the health system had a lot of gaps, and we want to see what we can do positively to transform the health system.”
   
She added that NSSF focus is to support vulnerable people because they suffer more from illness and diseases. 
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She said that NSSF has done a lot of advocacy on vaccination including COVID-19 vaccination.

“We trained healthcare workers on vaccine programme, just as we have helped in the vaccination of 1.6million Nigerians. We also did capacity building for youths,” Chinye-Nwoko said. 
 
She stressed the need to improve the quality of care at primary health centres, disclosing that the organization plans to improve the quality of healthcare in more than six states in Nigeria.
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