The Federal Government says it has disbursed over N20 billion to 4,362 primary healthcare centres across the 19 Northern states in Nigeria and the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Abuja in the last two years.
FG disbursed the money through the Basic Health Care Provision Fund (BHCPF), according to a press statement signed by Rabiu Ibrahim, the Special Assistant (Media) to Mohammed Idris, the Minister of Information and National Orientation.
Professor Ali Pate, the Coordinating Minister of Health and Social Welfare, provided the details of the funding of the primary health care centres during his presentation at the ongoing interactive session on Government-Citizens Engagement, organised by the Sir Ahmadu Bello Memorial Foundation in Kaduna on Wednesday.
“In the past two years, over N20 billion has been disbursed to 4,362 PHCs across Northern Nigeria,” Pate stated.
Pate mentioned the projects that have been executed in tertiary hospitals in the North, including the number of beneficiaries so far.
“In his presentation at the ongoing interactive session on Government—Citizens Engagement, organised by the Sir Ahmadu Bello Memorial Foundation, in Kaduna, the Minister explained that 274 projects have been executed across 35 tertiary hospitals in the Northern part of the country, serving over 4.5 million outpatients and 1.6 million inpatients.”, the statement read in part.
“The Minister posited that the commitment of the President Bola Tinubu-led administration to improving national health outcomes is being matched with action, with the provision of health infrastructure across all levels of healthcare delivery nationwide.”
Established under the National Health Act of 2014 and officially launched in 2019, the Basic Health Care Provision Fund is a flagship health financing reform aimed at ensuring access to affordable and quality healthcare for Nigeria’s most vulnerable populations.
The fund is also a very important strategy in the country’s drive towards Universal Health Coverage (UHC).
