Nigeria and Afrexim Bank has Signed a Memorandum of Understanding to End Medical Tourism in the country.
The Minister of Foreign Affairs, Mr. Geoffrey Onyeama disclosed this while signing a Memorandum of Understanding on behalf of the federal government with the African Export and Import Bank, AFREXIM, for the establishment of the African Medical Centre of Excellence in Abuja.
The three hundred million dollars Medical Centre, will cater mostly for unknown tropical diseases which the Minister said is on the increase, because Africans have failed in research and development.
According to him, developed countries claim to assist the less developed countries when in actual fact it is the other way round as the less developed countries have a greater number of experts especially Medical Doctors working abroad which in itself is a technical assistance to those countries.
For the Minister of Information and Culture Alhaji Lai Mohammed, the signing of the agreement is another testimony that Nigeria is concerned about the healthcare of its citizens.
Alhaji Mohammed said that the Federal Government had, in conjunction with the Indian government, begun an affordable Diagnostic Centre in Kano with state-of-the-art laboratory equipment to cater for the needs of Nigerians.
Earlier, the President of AfreximBank, Professor Benedict Oramah, paid a glowing tribute to the President Muhammadu Buhari led administration for accepting to be the host country for other African countries that would house the Medical Centre, especially as no human development is possible without a quality health care system.
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