By Kamil Opeyemi
Thirteen regulatory agencies in the health sector have been restored their funding in a new approval by President Bola Tinubu.
Heath Minister Mohammed Ali Pate disclosed this after the Federal Executive Council meeting on Wednesday.
Briefing journalists after the meeting, Patr lister the agencies affected as the Medical and Dental Council of Nigeria, Pharmaceutical Council of Nigeria, Nursing and Midwifery Council of Nigeria and Institute of Chartered Chemists of Nigeria.
Others are the Radiographers Registration Board of Nigeria, Institute of Public Analysis of Nigeria, Medical Laboratory Scientists of Nigeria, Health Records Registration Board of Nigeria and Community Health Practitioners Registration Board of Nigeria.
Also affected by the new directives are the Medical Rehab Therapists Registration Board, Dental Technologists Registration Board of Nigeria, Optometry and Dispensing Opticians Registration Board of Nigeria and the Dental Therapists Registration Board of Nigeria.
The health minister said that local manufacturers of health items would continue to receive encouragement from government towards making them accessible and affordable to citizens.
He added that a committee had been mandated to look at policies hindering local production of medical equipment and items in country.