Physicians Society Urge Governor Abdulrasaq to Reduce Taxes on Private Medical Practitioners

Date: 2024-05-21

According to News report from Punch,The Society of Family Physicians of Nigeria (SOFPON), Kwara State chapter, has appealed to Governor AbdulRahaman AbdulRazaq to reduce the substantial tax imposed on private medical practitioners in the state, enabling them to better contribute to the health needs of the populace.

Speaking on World Family Doctors Day in Ilorin, the doctors requested the state government's support in logistics and addressing the healthcare needs of Kwara residents.

The Chairman, Dr Bode Ogunjemilua, emphasised that the demands of a quality healthcare system are too vast for individuals to shoulder alone. He praised AbdulRazaq's policies in the healthcare sector, describing them as compassionate and innovative.

He quoted William Osler, a Canadian physician and one of the four founding professors of John Hopkins Hospital, the SOFPON leader said, “The good physician treats the disease; the great physician treats the patient, who has the disease.” The quotation, he said, should guide the physicians in their daily routine.

He added: “I wish to reiterate our plea to the state government and captains of industry to assist us in the treatment of the patients rather than the disease. However, it is no longer news that an effective healthcare system is costly. We, therefore, require assistance in many areas. We need a vehicle to facilitate our movement in and outside the state, a befitting secretariat building, and tax reduction for our members, among other compelling needs.

“The most important thing we are stressing through our association is better Universal Health Coverage (UHC), with primary health care as its foundation. We want this to start in Kwara. Health should not be the prize you win for climbing to the top of the pile; it should be the gift we're all given; the gift that enables us to realise our dreams and fulfil our aspirations as those called to defend the Hippocratic Oath some years ago.”

Guest speaker at the event, Dr Anthony Joseph, who spoke on the topic, 'Healthy Planet, Healthy People: The Role of Family Physicians', urged members of SOFPON to uphold the five principles of a total physician by being care providers, decision-makers, communicators, community leaders and managers.

The Head of Department (HOD) Accident and Emergency (A/E), General Hospital, Ilorin, warned that if nothing was urgently done to intervene in deforestation and other variables affecting the climate, “more deaths should be expected via climate change implications between 2030 and 2050.”

 

Cloud Tag: What's trending

Click on a word/phrase to read more about it.

Ayodele Olaosebikan     Ghali Alaaya     Ahman Patigi     Ridhwanullah Al-Ilory     Abdulazeez Uthman     Adebara     Olupako     Ogbondoroko     Mohammed Abduraheem     Abubakar Baba Sulaiman     Chartered Institute Of Personnel Management Of Nigeria     Tuesday Assayomo     Bamikole Omishore     Sayomi     Rabiu Kwankwaso     University Road     Tayo Awodiji     Abdullateef Abdussalam     Kolawole Akande     Kwara Basketball Association     Facebook     Societe Generale Bank Of Nigeria     Aishat Mohammed Lawal     Kassim Babamale     Yetunde Balogun     Ilesha-Gwanara     Colleges Of Education Academic Staff Union     Usman Rifun     Bond     Waziri Yakubu Gobir     Mamman Saba Jibril     Niguel Gallando Marcias     Alaiye     Samuel Adaramola     JSSCE     Nigerian Correctional Service     Lateef Alagbonsi     Baakini     Abdulrahman Iliasu     Ilorin International Airport     Zainab Abass     Olatunji Ayeni     Gobirawa     Vasolar Consortium     Ubandoma Of Ilorin     Markaz Arabic And Islamic Training Institute, Agege     Kayode Alabi     Kolade Solagberu     Falokun-Oja     Ibrahim Jawondo     Students Union Government     Senior Special Assistant On Student Affairs     Ramat Oganija     Saadu Yusuf     Emmanuel Olatunji Adesoye     Edret Sabi Abel     Mutawalle     Kwara State Health Insurance Agency     Ojo Fadumila     Shonga Farm Project     Unilorin FM     Gwanara     Abdulhakeem Adelaja Amao     Student Learning Support Helpline     Fatimoh Lawal     T And K FOODS     HICA     Razaq Atunwa     Ahman Pategi University     Daud Adeshola     Olaoye B. Felix     Olaosebikan     Issa Manzuma     Haashim Initiative For Community Advancement     Ibrahim Sulu Gambari     Adijat Adebiyi     Idofin    

Cloud Tag: What's trending

Click on a word/phrase to read more about it.

Ojuekun Sarumi     Shettima     International Aviation College     David Oyerinola Adedunmoye     Lithium Deposit     Olabanji Orilonishe     Quarry Royal Valley     Abdulwahab Oba     Abdulfatai Baakini     Government High School Adeta     Oke Sunna     Shuaibu Yaman     Saba Mamman Daniel     AGF Abdulrazaq     Yusuf Ibitokun Sherifat     Kale Belgore     Kale Kawu     Ubandawaki     Jebba     Abdulganiyu AbdulAzeez     Kwara State Governor     Bashiru Makama     Abdullahi Dasilva Yussuf     Kisra     Dauda Adeniran Adeshola     Sulyman Abdulkareem     Moshood Mustapha     Aminat Omodara     Idris Amosa Saidu     Kunle Akogun     Ahmad Uthman     Oba Abdulrahim     Chikanda     Shade Omoniyi     Sola Saraki University     Kola Ologbondiyan     KwaraLearn     Tsado Manman     Jumoke F. Ajao     Mahmud Ajeigbe     Kamaldeen Kehinde     Simeon Sayomi     The Herald     Bilikis Oladimeji     Jide Ashonibare     Falokun-Oja     Abdulazeez Uthman     3MTT     Standard Organization Of Nigeria     Gwanara     Jumoke Gafar     Ajase-Ipo     Segun Olawoyin     Lafiagi     N-Power     Modupe Oluwole     Budo-Egba     Aliyu Salihu     Senior Staff Union Of Colleges Of Education     John Dara     Christopher Tunji Ayeni     Tosin Saraki     Mohammed Abdulahi     AbdulHamid Adi     Sobi Specialist Hospital     Tunde Yusuf     COEASU     Shettima Of Ilorin     Vasolar Consultoria     Sun Qing Rong     Timothy Olatunde Fadipe     Edu     Chief Imam Of Offa     Musa Ayinla Yeketi     Vasolar-Kwara Company Ltd     Erubu Oba Zubair     General Hospital, Offa