Buhari Appoints Sununu to Health Sector Reform Committee

President Muhammadu Buhari has approved the inclusion of Dr Yusuf Tanko Sununu on the Health Sector Reform Committee.

Gatekeepers News reports that President Muhammadu Buhari has approved the inclusion of the representative of the House of Representatives, Yusuf Tanko Sununu on the Health Sector Reform Committee.

This was disclosed in a statement issued by Senior Special Assistant to the President on Media and Publicity, Mallam Garba Shehu.

Sununu is the Chairman, House of Representatives Committee on Healthcare Services and had previously served as a Secretary General of the Nigerian Medical Association.

The statement said Sununu is an Associate member of the World Medical Association.

The Health Sector Reform Committee, under the Chairmanship of Vice President Yemi Osinbajo, has members drawn from private and public sector health care management professionals, development partners, representatives from the National Assembly as well as the Nigeria Governors Forum, among others.

The committee is set up for a period of six months.

The committee will undertake a review of all healthcare reforms adopted in the past two decades and lessons learnt and factor them into the development of the new Health Sector Reform Programme.