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Nigerian Medical Association, NMA says it has not endorsed Labour Party presidential candidate, Peter Obi.
The NMA clarification is coming on the heels of reports which it insinuated the body had endorsed Mr Obi.
The NMA was categorical in refuting the report, saying it is non-partisan and has not endorsed any presidential candidate for next year’s polls.
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President of the association, Dr Uche Ojinmah, said NMA is not against any candidate and wished all of them well.
He expressed hope that Nigerians would make a wise choice for a better nation in 2023.
“Our agenda for the next president for the country is we would have someone that would place importance on implementing the annual 15 per cent budget allocation to the health sector agreed in 2001 by African Heads of States in Abuja.
“Nigerians are hungry and a hungry person cannot be a healthy person.
“Nigerians are jobless, there’s nothing to do. A man that has nowhere to go in the morning cannot sleep well and obviously cannot have a good mental balance and, therefore, cannot be healthy.
“A man that will go out and he’s not sure of coming back alive cannot have enough courage to go fend for himself and his family, and he cannot be healthy. So if there’s no good economy, security, jobs, and food security, there will be ill-health and mental instability.
“NMA is interested in the health of this country and its citizens.
“We are tired of them not fulfilling the 2001 Abuja Declaration of allocating 15 per cent to the health sector but they end up giving us 4 per cent.
“Every day people are blaming the Chief Medical Directors for the woes in the health sector but have you bothered to ask how much they’re allocating to the health system?
“We are tired of medical tourism; we are tired of brain drain, so we need the next president to focus.
“The next president should know that the economy is bad. The next president must understand the system before coming in and they should hit the ground running.”
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