A bill has been proposed by the Medical and Health Workers Union of Nigeria to stop frequent overseas medical trips by public officials.

The Lagos State Chairman of the union, Femi Daini, while disclosing this on Monday at a news conference tagged ‘Primary Health Care Development as a platform for attaining universal access to quality health care services in Nigeria’ said public health institutions in the country are not pogressing because public officials have the alternative means of travelling abroad to treat the slightest ailment.

Accordign to Mr. Daini, “Health care delivery will continue to remain in poor state if there is no outright ban on medical trip abroad by public officials. If they cannot travel abroad for medical treatment, they will be compelled to salvage health sector in Nigeria.”

He said the Joint Health Sector Union had almost perfected its work on modalities to pursue the bill to a logical conclusion.