Lagos PSN Tells Sanwo-Olu To Reorganise State Healthcare Programme

Chioma Umeha The Pharmaceutical Society of Nigeria (PSN), Lagos State Branch, has called on Babajide Sanwo-Olu, the governor-elect, to expand the frontiers of health operations to build a virile and productive system that would become a national benchmark in the running of healthcare programmes in the country. The call was contained in a congratulatory letter Pharm. Adeniran Bolanle, Chairman, and Pharm. Babayemi Oyekunlye, Secretary, of the Lagos PSN sent to the governor-elect over his victory at the just concluded governorship poll in the state. The duo while alleging that the current managed healthcare programme is ‘haphazard and unduly skewed’ against some prime stakeholders in the state specifically urged the governor-elect to reorganise it. This, they contended, would guarantee an impactful health insurance programme with commensurate coverage and growth rate. They further claimed that the challenges of the NHIS are linked to a poor implementation mode and alert