FG PLANS NATIONAL STAKEHOLDERS' DIALOGUE TOWARDS A STABLE POWER SUPPLY IN HEALTH SECTOR
Wednesday, 27th August 2025.
As a way of ensuring a stable and reliable electricity supply in the health sector, the Federal Ministry of Health and Social Welfare is finalizing arrangements towards the hosting of a National Stakeholders’ Summit on the matter.
Billed to hold between September 9th and 10th, the forum is to ” leapfrog solutions that will comprehensively address challenge of electricity deficit in the health sector”
The Minister of State for Health and Social Welfare, Dr. Iziak Adekunle Salako dropped this hint in his keynote address at the Future of Public Health Conference held at Babcock University, Ilisan Remo, Ogun State.
Represented by the Centre’s Acting Medical Director, Dr. A.S Adediran, the Hon. Minister identified Power in Health Sector project as one of the key projects of the present administration, designed to ” ensure uninterrupted and sustainable power solutions in Nigerian Tertiary facilities through the deployment of alternative energy solutions”
The Minister decried incessant disruptions in public health, manifesting in various forms such as industrial disharmony, epidemic outbreaks and systemic failures with attendant negative consequences on patients.
To arrest the trend, the Minister said his ministry has developed a “National Policy on Health Workforce Migration which has one of its key agenda to make the best use of human resources for health workers who remain in the country by providing them with meaningful incentives and equipment.
” As I speak, the Federal Government is engaging in a collective bargaining conversation with the leadership of NMA, NANNM and JOHESU with a view to improving their salary and welfare” the Minister added
