Dr Doyin Okupe, a former presidential aide, has urged the Muhammadu Buhari-led federal government to correct past mistakes made in the country’s health sector by previous governments since the nation’s independence.
He stated this during his appearance on Channels Television’s breakfast show – Sunrise Daily on Monday.
Speaking during the programme, Okupe urged the Nigerian government to build at least one world-class hospital in the country to discourage medical trips abroad.
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The former Senior Special Assistant on Public Affairs to former President Goodluck Jonathan admitted that it was disheartening that the nation does not have such a standard facility since it gained independence in 1960.
“The mistakes of the past are daunting, they are perplexing, they are embarrassing that since 1960 to date, we cannot boast of one major centre in the whole country that makes it irrelevant for you to go abroad,” he said.
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