Experts link failure of NHIS to poor funding, lack of political will
7 years agoManaging Director/Chief Executive, St. Nicholas Hospital, Dr. Oladapo Majekodunmi (left); Chief Olalekan Smith; Logemo of Egbaland, Dr. Folarin Williams; Country Manager (West-Africa) of Quintiles IMS, Remi Adeseun; Chairman, Moses Adekoyejo Majekodunmi Foundation (MAMF), Olufemi Majekodunmi; Alake of Egbaland, Oba Adedotun Aremu Gbadebo and Founder/ Managing Director of JNC International, Clare Omatseye, during the 2019 “August Event” to celebrate Majekodunmi’s ideal on healthcare and education and St. Nicholas Hospital 50th anniversary in Lagos… yesterday. PHOTO: FEMI ADEBESIN-KUTI
Medical experts yesterday said poor government funding, lack of political will and inappropriate practices by the regulatory agencies were reasons for the failure of the National Health Insurance Scheme (NHIS) in Nigeria.
