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According to Tunji Alausa, the Minister of State for Health, people from Europe, India, and Sub-Saharan Africa are coming to Nigeria for medical treatment.
In an interview on Arise TV, Alausa mentioned that undergoing surgical procedures in Nigeria is cost-effective.
Alausa stated that there are more than 900 aesthetic hospitals in the country spread across all states.
Furthermore, he mentioned that the government has set aside specific funds and is seeking collaborations to enhance primary healthcare facilities and insurance coverage.
He stated:
“Go to the hospital in Lagos, people are coming from India, sub-Saharan Africa, and even Europe to come and get health care in Nigeria,” the minister said.
“Getting surgical operations is cheaper; you will be glad to know that today we have almost 900 aesthetic hospitals all around Nigeria.
“People are coming to get plastic surgeries. Go to LUTH today at the cancer centre, NSIA LUTH cancer centre has state-of-the-art equipment, whatever you can get anywhere in the world.
“We have the linear accelerator; they have everything there. People are coming from sub-Saharan Africa to get cancer treatment.
“We are moving all over the country. This is not only Lagos alone; we are moving to rural areas. We have dedicated funds, and we are aligning what we have in the basic healthcare provision fund, which has more funding now, with our development partners.
“We are aligning more and collaborating more to direct these funds to our primary healthcare centre. We are also directing a lot of these funds to our national health insurance agency to increase coverage.
“Mr President has mandated us to increase coverage from about seven million to about 50 million people to have health insurance in the next two to three years.
“This marks the highest budget allocation for the health sector in almost 24 years.”
Recall that Mr. Peter Obi, the former presidential candidate of the Labour Party, LP, has expressed his disapproval of the recently introduced cybersecurity levy.
He criticized President Bola Tinubu’s administration for focusing on exploiting a struggling economy rather than nurturing it back to health and prosperity.
Obi accused the government of implementing policies that not only worsen the financial situation of the citizens but also reduce the country’s economic competitiveness.
He argued that imposing a Cybersecurity Levy on Nigerians would further deplete their already dwindling capital, especially after the effects of the Naira devaluation and high inflation rates.
In a social media post on Wednesday, Obi questioned the transformation of the office of the National Security Adviser, NSA, into a revenue-generating entity.
The former governor of Anambra State emphasized that it is unreasonable to expect the suffering Nigerian population to individually finance all government activities.
He said:
“The introduction of yet another tax, in the form of Cybersecurity Levy, on Nigerians who are already suffering severe economic distress is further proof that the government is more interested in milking a dying economy instead of nurturing it to recovery and growth.“This does not only amount to multiple taxation on banking transactions, which are already subject to various other taxes including stamp duties but negates the Government’s avowed commitment to reduce the number of taxes and streamline the tax system.
“The imposition of a Cybersecurity Levy on bank transactions is particularly sad given that the tax is on the trading capital of businesses and not on their profit hence will further erode whatever is left of their remaining capital, after the impact of the Naira devaluation and high inflation rate.
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