Govt Disburses N32.9bn To States, Primary Healthcare Centres

Coordinating curate of Health and Social Welfare, Prof. Muhammad Ali Pate, has said the national authorities has disbursed N32.9 cardinal to each states and superior healthcare centres, successful the 3rd circular this year, nether the Basic Healthcare Provision Fund (BHCPF).

The funds, approved by the Ministerial Oversight Committee (MOC) and guided by the recently launched BHCPF 2.0 Guidelines, purpose to amended the prime of wellness services delivered to Nigerians by supporting installation operations, providing stipends for wellness workers, and expanding entree to care.

During Wednesday’s 3rd Quarter MOC Meeting successful Abuja, Prof. Pate emphasised that the caller guidelines people a important milestone successful Nigeria’s wellness betterment docket nether President Bola Ahmed Tinubu.
He noted that a Joint Task Force, moving intimately with the ICPC, had been activated to guarantee transparency and accountability successful utilizing the funds astatine the assemblage level.

The curate commended authorities governors, commissioners for health, and improvement partners for their continued collaboration successful strengthening Nigeria’s superior healthcare system.

Highlighting the dependable advancement successful healthcare delivery, Prof. Pate revealed that much than 21 cardinal Nigerians are present covered by wellness insurance, with implicit 11,000 large women receiving exigency aesculapian treatment, 15,000 women accessing obstetric care, and fractional a cardinal large women covered for maternal services done the BHCPF.

He added that implicit 80 cardinal visits were recorded astatine superior healthcare centres successful the archetypal 2 quarters of 2025, a fourfold summation compared to 2023, reflecting the increasing nationalist assurance successful the system.

The curate besides revealed that a Mini Demographic and Health Survey (DHS) volition beryllium commissioned to supply updated information successful 2026, helping the authorities measure advancement successful maternal and kid wellness outcomes. Preliminary information amusement a 12 per cent simplification successful maternal mortality compared to 2023, signalling that reforms and investments are opening to output results.