By Henry Umoru
ABUJA—THE Senate, yesterday, said the about N80bn spent annually by Nigerians to seek better medical treatment abroad was no longer acceptable.
It also warned that the Presidency must match words with action in over hauling the health sector.
Speaking when the Minister of State, Health, Dr. Mohammed Ali Pate, and other members of the Health Ministry appeared before his committee to defend the 2013 budget, Chairman, Senate Committee on Health, Senator Ifeanyi Okowa, PDP Delta North, also expressed the Senate's concern that 2015 was close, yet the set targets of the Millennium Developments Goals, MDGs, were not fully achieved.
Okowa, who also wondered why only 20 per cent of health budget should be on capital expenditure, said ''the need for Nigerians to begin to have renewed confidence that the health sector can actually provide them with health care is serious."
Vanguard Nigeria