Healthcare reform: Senate moves to strengthen institutions

Healthcare reform: Senate moves to strengthen institutions

The Senate has reiterated its commitment to bolstering Nigeria’s healthcare system by advancing two crucial reform bills designed to enhance governance, accountability, and service delivery across the sector.

Senator Aniekan Bassey, representing Akwa Ibom North-East Senatorial District, stood in for Senate President Godswill Obot Akpabio at a significant public hearing on Thursday. The hearing focused on proposed amendments to the University Teaching Hospitals Act and a new bill to establish the National Health Facilities Regulatory Agency.