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I was misquoted – SGF, Boss Mustapha clarifies statement on health system in Nigeria…

newsonspotadmin by newsonspotadmin
April 11, 2020
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The Secretary to the Government of the Federation (SGF), Boss Mustapha has stated that he was misquoted over his statement that he was not aware of the bad state of the nation’s healthcare until the Coronavirus pandemic. 

Recall that it was reported that Boss Mustapha said he only realized that Nigeria’s healthcare infrastructure was in a bad state, after being made the Chairman of the Presidential Taskforce on COVID-19. 

He was heard saying in a video; 

“I can tell you for sure, I never knew that our entire healthcare infrastructure was in the state in which it is. Until I was appointed to do this work.”

However speaking at the Presidential Task Force (PTF) daily media briefing on Friday April 10, Boss Mustapha who is also the Chairman of the taskforce said he was quoted out of context and the media reports did not reflect his intent or what he actually said.
 
The SGF who insisted that he is not an urban politician but one who has close contacts with people in his home state and well informed of the daily experience of his people, insisted that that what he said was that his task as the leader of the PTF had made him fully aware of the state of the nation’s healthcare system.
 
Boss Mustapha said; 
 
“Yesterday (Thursday), I mentioned at the National Assembly that I became fully aware of the state of our medical system during the execution of this Task Force assignment. It has become clear that this has been taken out of context.
“I must clarify that I am aware and has indeed been a champion for the reform and transformation of the health care system. However, this PTF assignment has afforded me the opportunity to dig deeper, interrogate and x-ray the system better.
“So for anyone to think that I didn’t know the level of deplorable state of our healthcare systems, is a complete misrepresentation.
“For the benefit of those who do not know me well, I come from rural Nigeria. I was born in a village almost 64 years ago that didn’t even have a hospital, it had small missionary dispensary probably with one midwife, no birth certificate was offered. So I don’t even have birth certificate, I have declaration of age.
“A lot of you sitting here are privileged to have been born in a better and more equipped medical facilities. So from birth I know the state of our medical, healthcare, I am not a foreigner.
“My statement was totally taken out of context because that was not the reflection of what I said. But having to serve in this committee gave me a further insight into what is happening.
“Most of the things you see around as specialists, hospitals or clinics, you just see the buildings, you don’t know what is inside. But, being in this committee has given me opportunity of walking into these facilities, looking at what they have in relation to what they ought to have, my conclusion on that is that they don’t have what they ought to have.
“I wanted to give this explanation so that most of you will not think I am an ajebota, no. I was born a rural Nigerian, I grew up in rural Nigeria, I went to school in rural Nigeria and I still live in rural Nigeria.
“Yola is my home, I’m just on a journey here in Abuja. At the end of my work or whatever I am doing here, I will return home which is rural Nigeria and I am going to live with the facilities in rural Nigeria.
“The truth of the matter is that this is not the time to be distracted with unnecessary controversies.”
 
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