Professor Of Medicine Laments Poor Funding Of Health Sector, Demands Action From Governments

By Azeez Ridwan

Professor Ahmad Babajide Adekilekun, an associate professor of Afe Babalola University, Ado-Ekiti, Ekiti State, has lamented the poor funding being allocated to the Nigerian health care sector.

Adekilekun said this on Sunday during his lecture tagged ‘the State of Health in Nigeria’ at his award conferment as patron of Ta’awunu Health Department, the health platform of an Islamic Organisation, Jama’atu Ta’awunil Muslimeen, Nigeria.

“There is a drastic need to add more to the outfit of Health care system in Osun State and Nigeria at large as they are nothing to write home about,” said Adekilekun.

He stated the need to make Health care at Primary, Secondary and Tertiary level accessible and affordable for the people by the Government, describing it as the only key to a Masses Oriented Government.
Adekilekun who is also a Professor in the Department of Anatomy, Faculty of Biomedical Sciences and Deputy Director of Research, Innovation, Consultancy and Extension, Kampala International University Uganda emphasized the necessity of making Health care in a deliverable State for all Nigerians.

According to him, affirmative action should be geared towards the implementation of the National Health Act 2014 for the proper execution of the Abuja Declaration of 15 per cent allocation of the National budget to the health sector.

“The National Health Act 2014 which came into force on 31st October, 2014 make provision for the creation of National Health System to provide the best possible health services as well as promoting and reviewing the right of Health services in Nigeria” he added.

The Osun State Commissioner for Health Hon. (Dr.) Rafiu Uzamot represented by Dr. Abdulateef Golagade, Prof. Oguntola Alamu and Dr. Nurudeen Imran Toyibb among others were also present at the conferment ceremony in Osun state.