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September 6, 2019
TheNigeria Labour Congress has rejected the moves by the federal government toconcession the 22 federal teaching hospitals in the country.
It saidsuch a measure could lead to exorbitant cost of medical treatment beyond thecapacity of majority of Nigerians.
NLCPresident, Ayuba Wabba, said this  at theopening ceremony of the 2019 Federal Capital Territory Nurses Week/ScientificWorkshop in Abuja, that the government should instead invite the private sectorto invest by establishing new hospitals and not taking over existing publichospitals.
He saidthe Infrastructure Concession, Regulatory Commission recently recommended theconcessioning of the 22 teaching hospitals, adding that previous attempts to privatisethe National Trauma Centre in Gwagwalada, Abuja was rejected by the healthworkers’ union.
Wabbaadded that at the inception of the present administration and despite the factthat there were proponents of privatisation of healthcare, President MuhammaduBuhari publicly expressed his opposition to the privatisation of healthcare inthe country.