The Federal Executive Council- FEC, has approved about 10.3 billion naira for the procurement of diagnostic kits for diabetes, antiretroviral drugs for resistant HIV/AIDS patients, antibiotics, anti-hypertensives and anti-diabetic medications.

Minister of Health and Social Welfare, Prof. ALI PATE, disclosed this while briefing State House correspondents at the end of the Council meeting presided over by President BOLA TINUBU at the Council Chamber, Presidential Villa, Abuja.

The Minister said that the government intervention in the health sector was in line with the President’s aspiration to ensure that Nigerians get access to quality and affordable health services.