The Federal Government says it would continue to support surgeons to boost their key role in quality healthcare delivery.
President Muhammadu Buhari, who made the pledge in Abuja, at the 60th Annual Meeting and Scientific Conference of West African College of Surgeons, WACS and Scientists, also commended surgeons’ exemplary commitment to duty over the years.
Buhjari who was represented by the Minister of State for Health, Olorunnibe Mamora, said the implementation of the residency training Act of 2017 had helped the surgical college to improve in its training viability.
He said that WACS had excelled in the last six decade of its existence in its primary responsibility of training specialists.
President, West Africa Health Organisation, WAHO Stanley Okolo, asked for more support for the organisation as the health sector was the most demanding in the West African sub-region. According to him, the health sector is consuming about 25 per cent of the annual budget of each country in West Africa.
