PRESIDENT BUHARI RECEIVES BRIEFING FROM PTF ON COVID-19 PIX 7A. L-R; SGF and Chairman Presidential Task Force (PTF) on COVID-19, Mr Boss Mustapha flanked by the Director General of  NCDC, Dr Chikwe Ihekweazu and Minister of Interior, Ogbeni Rauf Aregbesola, Minister of Health Dr Osagie Ehinare and National Coordinator of  the Presidential Task Force (PTF) on COVID-19 Dr Aliyu Sani during a briefing with the President at the Presidential Villa State House on Sunday in Abuja.. PHOTO; SUNDAY AGHAEZE. MAY 31 2020
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The Federal Government has warned of outbreak of another pandemic if the country fails to take advantage of opportunities presented by the COVID-19 pandemic to develop its health infrastructure.

“It will be the greatest disappointment of our time and of our generation if we do not seize the opportunity of the moment to redress all the deficiencies of the defects that we’ve had in our health and other infrastructure in this country, said Secretary to the Government of the Federation (SGF), Boss Mustapha, on Monday.

According to him, should the country fail to seize the moment to fix its healthcare infrastructure, it will find itself starting all over again if confronted with another pandemic, he said in Abuja, while inaugurating the Board of Experts (BoE) of the Healthcare Sector Research and Development Intervention Scheme (HSRDIS).

“If we had built on the experiences of Ebola and other epidemics that we have dealt with in the past, probably today we wouldn’t have started with about two molecular laboratories for the testing of COVID-19.

“If you travel the shores of this country, you will find out that we have over 10,000 public primary healthcare centres scattered in wards and villages across the country, ill-equipped, ineffective and not being put into use but we keep building them,”he said.

Mustapha urged members of the board to also look at governance structures in the healthcare sector apart from their primary responsibilities.

He said, “COVID-19 has exposed the weaknesses in our health system, in our governance system, in our security infrastructure, in our inclusiveness and creating social safety nets for our people.

He urged Nigerians to continue social distancing, wear mask and wash their hands to prevent a second wave and the further spread of the virus.

 

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