Medical tests key to Nigeria’s health security, says FG
The Federal Government has described medical diagnostics as a strategic national asset, saying Nigeria must strengthen local production, quality assurance and market development to reduce dependence on imported diagnostic products. The Minister of State for Health and Social Welfare, Dr Iziaq Salako, stated this on Wednesday in Abuja while declaring open the 28th Scientific Conference Read More:…
The Nigerian government has emphasized the importance of medical diagnostics as a strategic national asset, urging the country to strengthen local production, quality assurance, and market development of diagnostic products. Minister of State for Health and Social Welfare, Dr Iziaq Salako, highlighted the critical role of accurate and timely diagnosis in healthcare delivery, disease surveillance, and public health decisions.
He stressed that achieving diagnostic sovereignty requires not just local production but also technology transfer, research, effective regulation, sustainable procurement, and strategic partnerships. The National President of the Guild of Medical Laboratory Directors, Dr Samuel Fele, called for an end to Nigeria's heavy reliance on imported diagnostic reagents, consumables, and equipment, urging the establishment of a competitive local manufacturing industry.
He emphasized that Nigeria's end-to-end diagnostics ecosystem must include research, innovation, manufacturing, regulation, quality assurance, distribution, laboratories, healthcare providers, patients, and data, with no link in the chain being weak.
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