Representatives call on the FG to declare a health sector emergency

In its decision, the House encouraged the Federal Ministry of Health to support State efforts to revive the nation's collapsing primary healthcare initiatives.The House of Representatives has urged the federal government to declare the health sector to be in a state of emergency and to give it a large amount of funding in the budget forecasts for 2024.This came after Rep. Oluwatoyin Fayinka (APC-Lagos) made a motion in Abuja during plenary. "Need for the National Primary Healthcare Development Agency (NPHDA) to collaborate with relevant health agencies in states and Local Governments to ensure the functionality of Primary Healthcare Centers," was the title of the motion. As the country with the highest population in Africa, Nigeria, Fayinka, a representative for Lagos State's Mushin Federal Constituency II, remarked that the country experiences disturbingly high rates of dilapidated health facilities.