Tinubu urged to declare state of emergency in health sector, remove Pate

From Fred Ezeh, Abuja
A civil society organisation, the Coalition of Concerned Nigerians on Health Reform, has called on President Bola Tinubu to declare a state of emergency in Nigeria’s health sector and remove the Coordinating Minister of Health and Social Welfare, Muhammad Ali Pate, over what it described as his failure to address the country’s worsening healthcare crisis.
The coalition passed a vote of no confidence in the minister, and added that it had lost confidence in Pate’s ability to provide the leadership required to rescue Nigeria’s struggling health sector.
In a statement titled “Enough Is Enough: Declare a State of Emergency in Nigeria’s Health Sector Now,” the coali...