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Nigeria: Representatives Throws Out Motion On Yar'Adua's Medical Trips Abroad
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Vanguard (Lagos)
24 July 2008
Posted to the web 24 July 2008
Tordue Salem
A motion seeking to cut the frequency of medical trips abroad by President Umaru Yar'Adua and other public and Political office holders was yesterday floored in the House of Representatives.
The Motion entitled a "Need for Public and Political Office Holders to curb Frequent Oversea Medical Treatment" was sponsored by Rep. Daniel "Dino" Melaye (PDP Kabba/ Ijumu-Kogi State ) and 27 others.
The Motion noted that "The frequent trips undertaken by public and political office holders abroad for medical check-ups and treatment which could be ordinarily handled in our hospitals", regretting that "the negative impact of this phenomenon on the social and economic development of our great Country is a situation where such minor ailments could be diagnosed and treated in the Country."
The Motion adviced that "Political Office Holders as servant leaders, must live by example in having preference for made-in-Nigeria goods and services"
It added by regretting that the "The National Health Insurance Scheme (NHIS) has not assisted Nigerians in off-setting medical bills and the need for the review of the Act."
The Speaker of the House, Dimeji Bankole, who presided skipped debate on the Motion and called for amendments to its prayers which were all thrown out and the Motion itself was subsequently killed.
The Motion sought among other things to get the House "Mandate the Committee on Health to work out the modalities in which our Specialist and Teaching Hospitals could be better equipped with modern state of the art facilities and trained staff.
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"Urge the Federal Government to discourage Public and Political Officers from undertaking medical trips abroad and where such trips are quite mandatory, the medical trips abroad and where such trips are quite mandatory, the medical bill incurred would be borne by the patient." Among other prayers .
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