The Speaker of Nigeria’s House of Representatives, Abbas Tajudeen, says the parliament is determined to end the trillions of naira lost annually to oil theft in Nigeria.
He also laments the state of primary health care centres across the country.
Its the inauguration of the Special Committee to probe the spate of crude oil theft and losses in the country.
Speaker Abbas Tajudeen and the Chairman of the committee, Alhassan Ado-Doguwa, lament the loss the nation suffers as a result of crude and oil theft
Statistics show that the nation loses an average of N1.29 trillion annually due to industrial-scale theft.
The state of primary health care across the country is also a source of worry for the parliament.
Dilapidated infrastructure and shortage of skilled health workers are major challenges in the sector.
This retreat for members of the House Committee on Healthcare Services is to broaden their knowledge on the task ahead.
The parliament says it is determined to right the wrongs in the nation’s primary healthcare
At the National Assembly complex, the House Committee on National Planning and Economic Development held its inaugural sitting with a commitment to uphold the tenets of the recently unveiled Legislative Agenda.
Improving health outcomes through effective legislations for primary health care and universal health coverage, UCH, is the theme of the retreat organised for members of the House Committee on healthcare services.
