In a significant milestone, the Nigerian government has signed a pact with the World Economic Forum (WEF) to join the Global Activator Network (GAN) to enhance healthcare delivery.
On behalf of Nigeria, the Minister of Health and Social Welfare, Prof. Muhammad Pate, signed the deal, and the Managing Director of the WEF, Jeremy Jurgens, signed on behalf of the global economic body at Davos, Switzerland.
Prof. Pate said, “The well-being of our population, especially women, children, and those who are vulnerable, is a key part of the Renewed Hope Agenda of our President. So, by signing this memorandum, joining the Global Activator Network for Women’s Health will accelerate together with our partners, healthcare within Nigeria.”
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“They will improve the effort of the federal, state, and local governments, as well as the private sector, to reduce maternal mortality and improve the health of women and children, especially primary healthcare services.”
Explaining the benefit of the signing, he said, “This partnership will bring together experiences, knowledge, capacity, and opportunities to innovate and financing prospects over, that we will deploy to accelerate the pace of progress that we are making in Nigeria, and what we learnt in Nigeria is relevant for the rest of the world.”
Jurgens expressed their excitement as Nigeria joined GAN to improve women’s health; he said, “This will be of huge benefit to all the other members of the network.”
“Nigeria’s knowledge, experience, and leadership will be utilised, and that will also improve the lives of your citizens.”
