Mama Taraba To Undergo Knee Replacement Surgery, Asks Nigerians For Prayers

A former minister of women affairs, Senator Jummai Alhassan, also popular known as Mama Taraba is going for a knee replacement surgery.

The senator called for prayers on her twitter page asking that her followers keep her in their prayers.

Ready for the theatre for a knee replacement surgery, pls pray for me. Allah Ya kaddara saduwanmu, Amin. pic.twitter.com/2j9eWuSOuT

— Sen. Jummai Alhassan (@SenAishaAlhassn) 17 April 2019

Earlier report stated that the inability of the government to address various health challenges resulted in increasing medical tourism in which Nigeria loses over N400 billion on annual basis.

The disclosure was made on Thursday, April 4, by President Muhammadu Buhari, during the inauguration of Senior Executive Course 41, 2019 of the National Institute for Policy and Strategic Studies Kuru, Plateau state.

According to Buhari, the government has shown strong commitment in the revitalisation of the health sector.

He said in spite of the government's commitment, the health sector is still characterised by low response to public health emergencies, inability to combat outbreak of deadly diseases and mass migration of medical personnel out of the country.