The Coordinating Minister of Health and Social Welfare, Mohammed Ali Pate, has raised concerns over the acute shortage of licensed physiotherapists and other rehabilitation professionals in Nigeria, warning that the deficit threatens efforts to integrate rehabilitation services into primary healthcare nationwide.
Speaking at the national launch of Integrated Rehabilitation Services in Primary Health Care (PHC) in Bauchi, the minister said Nigeria’s current rehabilitation workforce is inadequate to meet the country’s healthcare needs.
Represented by Hon. Baba Abubakar, Pate said that although Nigeria has about 34,000 Primary Health Care Centres, the country has only about 5,000 licensed physiotherapists, with significant shortages of other rehabilitation professionals.
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“While we celebrate today’s success, we must also confront one of our greatest challenges with honesty and resolve,” he said.
“Nigeria currently has approximately 34,000 Primary Health Care Centres, yet we have only about
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