By Chris Udochukwu
Presidential candidate of the Labour Party, Dr Peter Obi has revealed how he intends to tackle issues of health care.
This is also as he has given insight to the three key areas of focus in terms of infrastructural development to kick-start the ailing Nigerian economy.
The former Anambra state Governor disclosed this in the early hours of Monday (today) via twitter when he tweeted:
I want to share my thinking on health care.
Sustainability will be key; as well as robust partnership and effective synergies. Access to affordable and qualitative healthcare will always be contingent the combination of dedicated personnel, adequate funding, and requisite delivery infrastructure, of which constant power supply is a major component.
We must pay competitive wages; facilitate broad exchange programmes in the referral teaching hospital.
Let me touch briefly on Infrastructure.
The top three priorities are Power generation, Roads, and Heavy Haulage Railway network. We will realize these by using current oil earnings to invest in critical physical and human infrastructure, while intensifying domestic resource mobilization for recurrent expenditure.
Second, we intend to lay special emphasis on critical infrastructure, especially Power, to ensure a clear measurable increase of 200% of today’s generation, transmission and distribution, within the shortest possible time through public private partnership.
We shall boost economic growth and wealth creation by focusing on production in the critical sectors of manufacturing, agriculture, service and creative industries and leverage technology in support of that effort as well as work towards a results-based and balanced national budget. -PO
