FG Spending on State House Clinic
We react to the story: "2016
Budget: Buhari to spend more on State House Clinic than on all federal
govt-owned teaching hospitals."
This report is not simply off the
mark but one that is insensitive to the government's effort to improve
medical facilities at home in Nigeria.
According to the draft 2016
budget presented to the National Assembly by President Muhammadu Buhari,
the budget for the State House Clinic is N3.8b.
Contrary to the
published newspaper report, the total for health institutions as given
by the Director-General, Budget Office is more than N200 billion. The 17
teaching hospitals have more than 50 percent of that allocation.
Anyone
interested can check out the detailed allocations to the teaching
hospitals, the federal medical centers and the specialist hospitals
owned by the federal government.
It is also important to explain
that the State House Clinic is not the President, or anyone's personal
clinic but one which looks after government officials and many others
who are not.
The increased spending on government health
institutions in the current budget should be seen in the light of the
administration's plan to improve medical facilities at home as a way of
discouraging overseas trips in search of treatment by citizens which eat
away from our foreign exchange.
Garba Shehu
SSAP (Media and Publicity)
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