Agency The Nigerian Medical Association has promised to ensure that corruption becomes non-existent among healthcare workers. The National President of NMA, Professor Bala Audu, gave the assurance on Wednesday in Abuja, during a media conference on the ‘State of the Nation’s Health Sector’. The News Agency of Nigeria reports that the National Bureau of Statistics in conjunction with the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime, recently published a report titled ‘Corruption in Nigeria: Patterns and Trends Report’, which put the spotlight on corruption in the health sector.
According to the report, in 2023, about 56 per cent of Nigerians had at least one contact with a public official in the 12 months before the survey, while in the same year, 30 per cent of the figure had contact with doctors, nurses or midwives. Another 15 per cent, it was noted had contact with other health workers with two per cent paying a bribe or asked to pay a bribe and had refused. The report also indicated that of the 30 per cent of Nigerians who had contact with doctors, nurses or midwives, only four per cent paid a bribe or were asked to pay a bribe and refused.
Reacting to the report, Audu said the four per cent who paid a bribe or were asked to pay a bribe and refused was a worrisome figure. “We believe that this figure is very worrisome and we are concerned about it and we are taking every measure to ensure that this is reduced to zero. “However, it is important to point out that t.
