FG disbursed N50bn to primary health centres – Minister
The Federal Government has disbursed nearly N50bn directly to Primary Health Centres across the country through the Basic Healthcare Provision Fund.
The Coordinating Minister of Health and Social Welfare, Prof. Muhammad Pate, announced this on Monday.
Pate, in a post on his official X handle, added that the administration of President Bola Tinubu has also released over N20bn for the rehabilitation and upgrade of 4,362 PHCs across the 19 northern states and the Federal Capital Territory.
He said, “Designed to be financed from at least one per cent of the Federal Government’s Consolidated Revenue Fund (#CRF) and other sources, including donors’ contributions, the Basic Healthcare Provision Fund (#BHCPF) provides a Basic Minimum Package of Health Services (#BMPHS) aimed at increasing the fiscal space for health, strengthening our national health systems.
“I am pleased to inform you that from 2023 to date, nearly N50 billion has been disbursed directly to Primary Health Centres @NphcdaNG across the country, through the Fund, with verifiably impressive results, and this has led to the qualitative modernisation of health infrastructure across all local government areas of Nigeria.”
Pate also highlighted progress under the government’s health insurance drive, revealing that enrollment is set to surpass the 2024 record of 2.4 million citizens later this year.
According to the minister, more than 37 million visits to PHCs were recorded nationwide in the first quarter of 2025 alone, reflecting what he described as a data-driven re-engineering of the country’s healthcare delivery system.
He added, “This comes at a time when President Tinubu’s administration has disbursed over N20 billion to support the rehabilitation and upgrade of 4,362 Primary Health Centres (PHCs) across the 19 northern states and the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) under the BHCPF over the past two years with similarly indelible impact across the southern states.
“With over 37 million visits to primary health centres across all local government areas of Nigeria recorded over the first quarter of 2025 alone, we are overseeing a data-driven re-engineering of basic healthcare provision for Africa’s largest population.”
