Bukola Afeni
The Honourable Minister of State for Health and Social Welfare Dr. Iziak Adekunle Salako has urged health regulatory bodies to reciprocate government gesture of reversing budgetary funding towards enhancing quality healthcare delivery to all Nigerians.
The Minister made the disclosure at the commissioning ceremony of the South East Zonal Office of the Radiographers Registration Board of Nigeria in Enugu, the capital city of Enugu State on Tuesday 24 February, 2026.
The Minister reiterated that in line with the first pillar of the Health Sector Renewal Investment Initiative, the Ministry, is committed to supporting regulatory bodies to carry out their mandates.
“It is a common knowledge that without proper regulation and monitoring, quackery thrives, standard of practice becomes compromised, patients suffer and health outcomes are negatively impacted.”
“The President has continued to accord priority attention to our regulatory bodies including the Radiographers Registration Board of Nigeria.”
He explained that the Ministerial visit paid on assumption of duty in October, 2024, to all regulatory bodies under his supervision including the Radiographers Registration Board of Nigeria, underscore the strategic standpoint of the Bola Ahmed Tinubu led federal government which is to deliver quality healthcare to Nigerians.
” The professional regulatory bodies in the sector must enjoy the optimal support of government.
He therefore , charged them to reciprocate the preferential gestures of government by rededicating themselves to duties, ensuring that professionals practice within the sector, maintain the highest standard of ethical conduct and quality that prioritize patients welfare.
He gave assurance that the Federal Government is determined to push out quackery, malpractices, negligence and other infractions.
“It is my hope that this zonal office being commissioned today will enhance access to registration, licensing, compliance, and continuing professional development for practitioners in the Southeast and neighboring regions.”
He described the commissioning of the South East Zonal Office of the Radiographers Registration Board of Nigeria as a landmark.
“This is part of our shared commitment to elevate the standard of radiography practice and patient care across Nigeria in line with the Renewed Hope Agenda of the Federal Government.
Dr. Salako commended the Governor of Enugu State, Dr. Peter Ndubuisi Mbah, for his unwavering support to the health sector.
“The Federal Ministry of Health and Social Welfare will continue to work with the State Government so as to ensure that all Enugu people have access to quality, essential preventive, curative rehabilitative and palliative health services without suffering financial hardship”, he said.
