Presidential Committee of Experts on Inter-Professional Relationship in the Public Health Sector has come up with a damning revelation that there are no fewer than 50 areas of conflict amongst the various professionals in the sector.
The areas of conflict are mainly in organizational management, leadership and team work, remuneration and motivation, career management, capacity building, professional practice, labour, legal and governance issues.
Submitting the report to President Goodluck Jonathan today at the Presidential Villa, Abuja, chairman of the committee and former Head of Service, Alhaji Mahmud Yayale Ahmed, said that the committee received memoranda from, and interacted with about 40 professional bodies in the Public Health Sector and members of the public during its work.
Alhaji Yayale said that the committee made far-reaching recommendations to resolve conflicts in the sector which President Jonathan vowed to implement
to end what he called “unhealthy rivalries” among healthcare professionals.
The President made it clear that government will review the report immediately with a view to issuing a white paper on it and begin the implementation of its accepted recommendations early next year.
“I had to set up the committee because I am very sad, and I know most Nigerians feel very sad that strikes and unhealthy rivalries among professionals in the health sector have adversely affected medical services,.”
President Jonathan said that he is optimistic that the implementation of the committee’s accepted recommendations will help to end unhealthy rivalries and incessant strikes in the public health sector, which, he said, had unfortunately created an atmosphere of uncertainty in the sector, leaving many people with fewer options for quality medical services.
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