The Taraba State Governor, Arc. Darius Ishaku, had on Saturday, stated that the outbreak of the COVID-19 pandemic has exposed the inadequacies in the Nigerian health system.

He made this statement while declaring open, the 2020 Physician Week in Jalingo, the Taraba State capital.

Ishaku who was represented by the Commissioner for Health, Dr. Innocent Vakkai, said the outbreak of the virus which threatens the world economy has further exposed the emptiness of the Nigerian health sector as samples were taken to far places for testing.

He avowed that his administration was committed to repositioning the health system in Taraba and revealed that he has so far established two COVID-19 testing centres in the State.

“We have also reconstructed three General hospitals in the state and revitalised the School of Nursing and Midwifery to boost manpower in the hospitals.

“The outbreak of COVID-19 has unraveled the inadequacies of our health system and there is need for an overhaul of the sector and that is why my administration has invested so much in the health sector.”