The Coordinating Minister for Health and Social Welfare, Prof. Muhammadu Ali Pate, has expressed the assurance that Nigeria will overcome United States President Donald Trump’s new sweeping health policy changes, which stopped funding of health care interventions in developing countries.

Pate stated this in Yenagoa, the Bayelsa State capital yesterday  while inaugurating the Bayelsa State Haemodialysis Centre and the General outpatient Centre at the 350-bed hospital at the Bayelsa Medical University (BMU) as part of weeklong activities to mark Governor Douye Diri five years in office. The minister said it is imperative for all the tiers of government to be working collaboratively to harness the country’s resources to provide for the health needs of the population.

Commending Governor  Diri for his vision in establishing the Heamodialysis Centre in the state,  Pate said the governor had shown commitment to  health care delivery and is investing in the health needs of his people.

Pate said: “Diabetes, hypertension and kidney failure and other non communicable diseases is a major issue in our population and you are addressing it frontally by making active this Hemodialysis Centre, it’s really a strong statement of your commitment to address something that really touches the lives of millions of thousands of our population so that people don’t die because they have kidney failure and you are doing it in a place that also train health workers to take care of them.

“As you  are all aware President Tinubu signed a compact with all the 36 states governments and FCT that we should join hands and transform Nigeria’s health sector to serve the Nigeria people.