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LASG Reiterates Commitment to Quality Health Care
The Lagos State Government has reiterated commitment to ensuring delivery of quality health care to the people.
During the annual Strategic Leadership and Financial Management Retreat for Healthcare Executives in the Public Sector, the LASG emphasized that on no grounds will the Health Sector give substandard health care services.
The Chairman Health Service Commission, Dr. Mrs. Atinuke Onayiga explained that the programme with theme “Institutionalizing Best Practices for Achieving Excellence in Hospitals” is a regular activity of the Lagos States Government to organize programmes strategically targeted at the Management level pulling all leaders from the various health facilities together to review, refresh, and reorientate them.
Dr. Atinuke said for over 5 years now, this has been focused on capacity development where these Health leaders will in turn go back to their various stations to educate the staff and pass on the knowledge to foster better health delivery.
The key speaker of the day, Dr. Jibike Oyewunmi emphasized that the health system is basically about the patients and the welfare of the staff and that quality starts with the leadership.
She said they are actively partnering with the LASG to ensure the Health system is moved to standard Zone where the patients are fully cared for and quality maintained maximally through more intense trainings and attitudinal change oriented programmes like this.
The permanent Secretary, Helath Servicr Commsision, Dr. Ademuyiwa Benjamin Eniayewun, added that the event is key to build a resilence system that is error free, taking on the issues in management service delivery while reviewing the wins and challenges thus far, strengthening the health processes, financial management, building sustainability and expose them to the needed Management skills.
In attendance were majority of the Medical Directors of all General Hospitals, Heads of Departments, permanent Secretaries and others in the leadership Cadre of the Ministry.
The retreat held various sessions ranging from professional views to handling the health environment, building a proactive maintenance culture for medical equipment, storing and dispersing of drugs, handling of hospital gadgets and maintains safety, avoiding complicating patients ailments via infections ing certain cases, managing fatigue and stress on the staff and a large range of issues peculiar to the medical line.
Former lawmaker, Senator Shehu Sani, has described the planned increase in electricity and telecom tariffs as unconscionable.
The statement comes after the telecoms regulator last week approved the increase in mobile tariffs.
The federal government also recently said that plans were ongoing to increase electricity tariffs “over the next few months.”
However, Sani, who said the government’s plan is unreasonable, insisted that it should be halted.
The ex-lawmaker also expressed his support for the Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) over the scheduled protest against the government’s proposal, calling it a welcome development.
“The planned increase in electricity tariffs in the midst of poor power supply and the proposal to increase telecom tariffs is unconscionable and should be halted. The scheduled labour union protest is a welcome development,” he posted on X.
The United States President, Donald Trump, has revealed his decision to cut off all future funding to South Africa, citing poor treatment of “certain classes of people.”
Trump made this known on Sunday in a post on Truth Social, his social media platform.
According to Trump, South Africa was seizing land and mistreating some citizens without concern for the violations of their rights.
“South Africa is confiscating land and treating certain classes of people VERY BADLY.
“I will be cutting off all future funding to South Africa until a full investigation of this situation has been completed!” Trump wrote.
Reports suggest that the American leader may be defending White South Africans, some of whom have alleged that the South African policy is unfair to them.
There are indications that the federal government will on Monday meet with the Nigeria Labour Congress, NLC, to stop the planned Tuesday nationwide protest against the 50 percent telecommunications tariff hike.
A reliable source familiar with the matter, who preferred anonymity, disclosed this on Monday morning, noting that the meeting between the NLC leadership and the federal government is scheduled for 5 p.m. on Monday.
The source said the meeting was a “dialogue on matters of national interest as it affects Nigerian workers.”
According to the source, it will be an inter-ministerial meeting with the Secretary to the Government of the Federation (SGF), purposely to resolve issues raised by the NLC concerning the federal government’s approved upward adjustment to telecommunications tariffs, which the NLC, its allies, and others are vehemently opposing.
This comes as the NLC is already mobilizing workers for a mass protest tomorrow (February 4) against the 50 percent tariff hike approval.
On Thursday last week, in a letter to affiliate unions and state councils, NLC General Secretary Emma Ugboaja urged them to mobilize other Nigerians to send a serious message to the government.
The planned protest follows the 50 percent telecom tariff approval by the Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) on January 20, 2025.
The approval had sparked widespread rejection among telecom subscribers.
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