The Federal Government has approved the disbursement of 32.8 billion naira from the Basic Health Care Provision Fund (BHCPF) to support primary healthcare programmes in the first quarter of the 2025 fiscal year.
The funds will be shared through the National Health Insurance Authority (NHIA), National Primary Health Care Development Agency (NPHCDA), Nigeria Centre for Disease Control and Prevention (NCDC), and the National Emergency Medical Services and Ambulance System (NEMSAS).
This comes as the Federal Government prepares to approve a new set of governance guidelines for the BHCPF.
The Coordinating Minister of Health and Social Welfare, Professor Ali Pate, announced this in Abuja at the 10th BHCPF Ministerial Oversight Committee (MOC) meeting. The minister reaffirmed the government’s commitment to strengthening the nation’s healthcare system.
He further promised that the funds would support the expansion of primary healthcare services, the Vulnerable Groups Fund, emergency medical treatment and ambulance services, and the NCDC’s disease outbreak prevention and response efforts.