health sector
19 Dec
The proposed N2.48 trillion health allocation in the 2025 appropriation bill falls short of the Abuja Declaration commitment, which recommends a 15% allocation of member states' national budgets to the health sector. While presenting the 2025 appropriation bill of N49.7 trillion, the president announced that the health sector would get an allocation of N2.48 trillion.…
2 Nov
The Private Sector Health Alliance of Nigeria (PSHAN) held its 2024 Annual Gala and Awards Night recently to honour those making
11 Sep
No fewer than 32,341 candidates have applied to fill the 206 health sector vacancies advertised by the Cross River Government. READ ALSO:Fuel hike: Anxiety in Rivers, Cross River as schools resume today This is contained in a document obtained by the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Calabar on Thursday. According to…
26 May 2024
Nigerians are one of the largest national groups working within the National Health Service (NHS) in the United Kingdom, according to a recent NHS infographic. Data posted on X on Saturday shows that Nigerians rank as the sixth largest national group, with over 10,494 staff members contributing to the UK's healthcare workforce. The NHS captioned…
12 May 2024
The die is cast in the health sector. Patients and their relatives are getting more and more stranded. They have been caught between the proverbial devil and the deep blue sea as they can no longer afford to buy essential drugs to manage their ailments or save their lives.
18 Mar 2024
On the 27th January, 2016, former governor Yahaya Bello was sworn in as the fourth executive governor of Kogi State and led the state uninterrupted for a sterling period of 8 years which ended on the 27th January, 2024. Bello handed over power to his worthy successor Ahmed Usman Ododo who emerged winner of the…
10 Mar 2024
Classified as a social service, health is one of the pivotal elements of human capital development. In the same vein, it is central is to the economic development of a country. It is mostly said that a healthy nation is a wealthy nation.
9 Mar 2024
The Federal Government has said it is planning a law to further regulate the healthcare sector against quackery in order to improve service delivery.
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The Minister of Works, David Umahi, has said Ebonyi State which he once governed is loyal to President Bola Tinubu. He said this when he led former members of his administration to pay a Christmas homage to the Governor of Ebonyi State, Francis Nwifuru, on Friday, January 3, 2025. Highlighting the level of loyalty the…