THE Vice-President of Nigeria, Kashim Shettima, has assured that President Bola Tinubu is heavily committed to the improvement of the country’s health sector.
Shettima disclosed this on Tuesday when he welcomed a delegation from the Global Health Partners – the Global Fund, US President’s Malaria Initiative (PMI), and the US President’s Emergency Plan For AIDS Relief (PEPFAR), at the Presidential Villa in Abuja.
The Vice President made the President’s pledge known in a statement released by the Director of Information, Office of the Vice President, Olusola Abiola.
According to the statement, the President will “improve health outcomes for all Nigerians; increased domestic financing for health; and promoting health industrialization.”
“These are three major commitments I am making on behalf of my boss and be rest assured that our word is our bond.
“I want to assure you that we are determined to catapult the nation to a higher pedestal. We are committed to changing the narrative of inclusive growth, of a Nigeria where every black man will be proud of.
“President Tinubu is a man of vision and he has the courage to follow through whatever he believes in, from the appointment of the Minister of Health, there is a clear testimony to the drive, the political commitment of the President and the current leadership towards repositioning the Nigerian nation.
“The Minister of Health is a man of impeccable credentials. He is a celebrated public health practitioner with the experience, exposure and commitment to drive the change we seek in the health sector,” Shettima assured.
The Vice President also called for the support of its health partners worldwide, as well as the stakeholders in the health sector in Nigeria.
While speaking, the Minister of Health and Social Welfare, Prof. Ali Pate, stressed the commitment, also, of the global health partners on combatting HIV AIDS, Malaria and Tuberculosis, among other diseases and viruses, as well as its unwavering support for the Tinubu-led administration.
