3 health agencies receive N12.7bn from FG

The Federal Government has disbursed a total of N12.7 billion to three health agencies from the N55bn Basic Healthcare Provision Fund (BHCPF) in the 2018 budget.

Minister of Health, Isaac Adewole, made this disclosure in a statement made available to reporters in Abuja on Saturday.

Benefiting agencies are; National Health Insurance Scheme (NHIS), National Primary Healthcare Development Agency (NPHCDA), and the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) who received the sum of N6.5bn, N5.8bn, and N327m respectively through their TSA accounts at the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) over the weekend.

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Adewole said, “It is my pleasure to inform Nigerians and our partners that the sum of N12.7bn was disbursed into the NHIS, NPHCDA and NCDC TSA accounts at the CBN.

“The specific sums are as follows: NHIS – N6.5bn (50% of available resources) NPHCDA – N5.8bn (45%) NCDC – N327m (2.5%).”

According to him, the transfer marks an important step in the implementation of the BHCPF program aimed at improving how health care is financed and delivered in Nigeria.

He added, “In the coming days, we will work with the NPHCDA and NHIS to ensure the funds are disbursed into account of States that have been set up at CBN FG spends over N5bn on health, humanitarian response in Borno(Opens in a new browser tab)

“We are conscious of the enormous implementation challenges ahead. 22 States have so far demonstrated interest.

“Baseline assessments, state and facility level training and a performance management system all have to be in place in the next couple of months.”

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