The House of Representatives Committee on Health Institutions and critical stakeholders in the sector Thursday declared support for a proposal to enact a law on Assisted Reproduction.
Chairman of the committee, Hon. Amos Magaji, who stated this in Abuja during the second day of the public hearing on the bill also expressed concerns over the unabated appetite of Nigerians to access foreign health facility, despite the overwhelming manpower.
He noted that most of the medical practitioners who attend to Nigerians seeking health facility in developed countries are those who left the country as a result of poor condition of service.
Speaking during the hearing, President of Nigerian Medical Association (NMA), Professor Bala Audi, expressed overwhelming support for the declaration of state of emergency in the health sector in view of the decapitating condition and poor remuneration as he lamented the poor state of some tertiary health institutions and remuneration which contributed to the migration of many competent and qualified medical practitioners to foreign countries despite the huge funds invested in them by the government.
Also in his address, Minister of Health and Social Welfare, Professor Ali Pate who was represented by Permanent Secretary of Federal Ministry of Health, Mrs. Daju Kachallom, stated that the ministry has the development guideline for establishing and coordinating organ and tissue transportation services in Nigeria.