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The federal government's role is mostly limited to coordinating the affairs of the university teaching hospitals, Federal Medical Centres (tertiary healthcare) while the state government manages the various general hospitals (secondary healthcare) and the local government focuses on dispensaries (primary healthcare), [5] which are regulated by the federal government through the NPHCDA.
The agency was established by the Federal Government of Nigeria on December 10, 1992, following the promulgation of Decree No. 29. This decree aimed to address the deficiencies in Nigeria's primary healthcare system by creating a dedicated body responsible for its development, coordination, and implementation across the country.
The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control is a federal agency under the Ministry. [13] [14] The agency was established in 2011 with the assistance of the US Centers for Disease Control. [15] Furthermore, there's the Health System Strengthening division whose mandate is to plan for human resource development in health. [16]
Asset Management Corporation of Nigeria (AMCON) Social Security Administration of Nigeria (SSA) Budget Office of the Federation (BOF) Bureau of Public Procurement (BPP) Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) Corporate Affairs Commission (CAC) Debt Management Office (DMO) Federal Inland Revenue Service (FIRS)
The National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control (NAFDAC) is a Nigerian federal agency under the Federal Ministry of Health that is responsible for regulating and controlling the manufacture, importation, exportation, advertisement, distribution, sale, and use of food, drugs, cosmetics, medical devices, chemicals, and packaged water.
His first ministerial appointment as Nigeria's Minister of Health was in July 2011, [5] after serving as the Executive Director of the National Primary Health Care Development Agency. [ 6 ] [ 7 ] He resigned from this position, effective 24 July 2013, to take up a professorship at Duke University Global Health Institute in the United States .
Chukwu was first appointed Minister of Health of the Federal Republic of Nigeria by Goodluck Ebele Jonathan, President of the Federal Republic of Nigeria, in April 2010 and re-appointed in June 2011. As Minister of Health of Nigeria, he championed the Transformation Agenda of the President in the health sector with considerable success. [ 4 ]
Application of natural medicine resources and technologies for health sector development; Acquisition and application of Space Science and Technology as a key driver of economic development; and; Ensuring the impact of R&D results in the Nigerian economy through the promotion of indigenous research capacity to facilitate technology transfer.