August 17, 2025 – Nigeria’s healthcare sector has recorded significant progress through the Basic Healthcare Provision Fund, according to the Minister of State for Health and Social Welfare, Muhammad Ali Pate.
In a statement, the minister explained that the Basic Healthcare Provision Fund (BHCPF) is designed to be financed from at least one per cent of the Federal Government’s Consolidated Revenue Fund (CRF), along with contributions from donors. He said the fund provides a Basic Minimum Package of Health Services (BMPHS), with the goal of increasing the fiscal space for health and strengthening national health systems.
“I am pleased to inform you that from 2023 to date, nearly N50 billion has been disbursed directly to National Primary Health Care Development Agency (NPHCDA) Centers across the country, through the Fund, with verifiably impressive results, and this has led to the qualitative modernization of health infrastructure across all local government areas of Nigeria,” Pate stated.
He added that under the leadership of President Bola Ahmed Tinubu, the government is set to surpass the 2024 record of 2.4 million citizens enrolled in annual health insurance later this year.
The minister also revealed that over N20 billion has been disbursed for the rehabilitation and upgrade of 4,362 Primary Health Centres across the 19 northern states and the Federal Capital Territory in the past two years, with corresponding impact across the southern states.
“With over 37 million visits to primary health centers 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,” Pate noted.
He further said it was his pleasure to share more insight into President Bola Ahmed Tinubu’s Sub-National Health Support Plan in his comprehensive briefing.