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NATIONAL CONSCIENCE PARTY
United States Headquarters:
PO Box 1156
Washington, DC 20013
Webmaster: Waheed Alabede
Health Care
Provision of cost-free medical services is a fundamental right of all Nigerians. Any person who requires medical treatment will receive it free at state expense. We reject the argument that the nation cannot afford free medical services for all Nigerians whereas our rulers go to the best private hospitals abroad at state expense, to treat the commonest of ailments. No NCP public official will travel abroad, at government expense, for medical care. The challenge is to overhaul the nation's health-care delivery system. More hospitals, clinics, health centers, etc. will be built throughout the nooks and crannies of Nigeria. Modern medical equipment and machines will be bought. Health institutions will not be required to pay water and electricity bills.
Qualified personnel will be employed. The NCP will put an end to a situation in which qualified medical personnel including doctors are in short supply in our hospitals yet they roam about the streets unemployed. Others who cannot secure employment in state hospitals or in good private hospitals set up ramshackle hospitals that are poorly equipped thereby jeopardising the health of the people. Since the health of the people is the health of the nation, the NCP government will give priority attention to health-care.
We deplore a situation where modern medicine is fast yielding place to unscientific, primitive, native and religious cure and care. To this extent, the NCP will promote the health of the citizenry through:
* Right of access to cost-free preventive and curative health services and facilities.
* State support to promote research and development in traditional medical practices.
* Provision of pipe-borne treated water for domestic use and mass vaccination to reduce the risk of infectious diseases.
* Visits to the sick, the aged, pregnant women and the disabled in their residences by medical personnel on the ground of inability of such categories of people to transport themselves to public hospitals.
* Extension of paid maternity leave period for pregnant women.
* Democratic management of health institutions through the involvement of all relevant professional bodies and trade unions.
* Payment of wages as and when due to all medical staff.
* Payment of good salary rates, to all medical staff and guaranteed increases to match the rate of inflation.
