GATs and Nigeria's National Health Policy: The Issues for Negotiation

The very notion that healthcare services be traced and therefore be under the general dictates of the principle of economics goes against the cultural beliefs and traditions of the people of Nigeria. A sick person in the society needs help and should not be seen merely as another statistics to warrant investment in healthcare services and for that matter the liberalization of that sector. Ability to pay for healthcare services should not be the criteria for accessing same.