The federal government has sought the support of the Non-Governmental Organizations (NGOs) in the health sector. Minister of health, Prof. Adewole made this call during the summit of international and local NGOs in Abuja. He pointed out that the Ministry will put up structures that will enable it plan for short, medium and long term, adding that the summit was to enable the NGOs to key in to the plan. He said further that the plan is achievable by working together as a team in terms of having a common objective. He pledged that the ministry will be accountable, accessible , and will have no bureaucratic bottleneck in its dealing with them.

The Minister emphasised that there was need for the Ministry to prioritise its programmes considering the current economic situation in the country, adding that the programmes would be dealt with in stages. He expressed that the plan of the Ministry was to partner with states and local governments in taking the reforms in the sector to the grassroots, adding that there is need for focus in achieving the reforms by targeting the poor, improving health facility and welfare of the health workers. Prof. Adewole explained that Public Private Partnership will be key in solving Primary Health Care issues like maternal and child mortality, cancer and HIV.