President Buhari Makes Addition To 2016 Budget

Before the passage of the 2016 budget, President Muhammadu Buhari has ordered the Federal Ministry of Finance to include the basic healthcare provision fund. According to The Nation, President Buhari said: “The National Health Act has made provision for universal access to basic healthcare with a focus on the poor and the vulnerable as well as the basic healthcare provision funds to support its implementation. “I have already instructed the Federal Ministry of Finance to provide for the basic healthcare provision fund under the 2016 Budget Appropriation. “For 14 consecutive months, Nigeria has not recorded any new case of polio virus. This, as I had been briefed, is the first step towards certification of Nigeria as polio virus free country by WHO in the next two years.” President Buhari, who said that the fight against polio has taken its toll on Nigerians, stressed that the eradication process had been in the offing since 1998. “I want to assure you that there will be no complacency, as we will maintain and improve on our surveillance system as well as raise the childhood population immunity against the polio virus to avoid any spread of the disease.