Nigeria’s minister of health was on the hot seat at the senate plenary on Tuesday.
Lawmakers had summoned him to come and set the records straight after a senator raised a motion citing concerns about the deplorable state of teaching hospitals in the country.
Senators unhappy with the poor state of the health sector laid in wait to drill Isaac Adewole and get answers over the collapse in healthcare delivery.
There are reports of decay in the health system, especially the teaching hospitals.
There is a shortage of medical personnel, Infrastructure is dilapidated, and the sector is under funded.
On the floor of the Senate, the health minister blamed state governments for literally abandoning healthcare.
Senators are asking why, despite spending from the federal budget on health, Health care remains largely inaccessible.
Though the visiting health minister already has less less than two weeks left in office, but he was able to paint a picture of the health system depicting its progress and challenges.
