The National Coordinator of the federal government Sector-Wide Approach (SWAP) Dr Muntaqa Umar-Sadiq has said that one of the criteria for accessing the Basic Health Care Provision Fund is that states must provide 35 percent counterpart funding and also show evidence of progress in revitalization of primary health centres in their areas.
He observed that about 8,000 primary health centres that have been rehabilitated out of over 34,000 spread across the country adding that the government is working to increase the number revitalized Primary Healthcare Centres to 17,000 by 2027.
Speaking at a media engagement BHCPF in Abuja, Muhammad said that BHCPF was meant to provide essential healthcare services to all Nigerians, with a focus on the poor and vulnerable population.
He highlighted the inadequacy and inequitable financing of Nigeria’s health sector stressing that only 3 per cent of Nigeria’s Gross…
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