Minister Inaugurates Committee To Review Health Act


Posted on: Thu 02-04-2015

…FG reiterates commitment to ending polio scourge
 
The Minister of Health, Dr Khaliru Al­hassan, has inaugurated a Technical Review Commit­tee (TRC) for the National Health Act. 
 
The Committee, chaired by the Permanent Secre­tary in the Ministry, Linus Awute, is to among other things “discuss the Act in details and propose ac­tionable inputs required to operationalize the Act,” according to a statement made available recently.
 
 
Speaking on the need for the TRC, the Minister stated that all 26 members of the committee were ex­pected to advise him in mat­ters relating to operational­ization of the Act among others. Meanwhile, the Federal Government has restated its commitment to end po­lio scourge soon.
 
Dr Khaliru Alhas­san, stated this in a release made available by the Director Press and Public Relations in the ministry, Ayo Adesugba.