Since the Basic Health Care Provision Fund (BHCPF) was first implemented in the nation, the federal government has paid out a total of N103,541,090,666, according to Prof. Muhammad Ali Pate, the Coordinating Minister of Health and Social Welfare.
The National Health Act of 2014 established the BHCPF as the main source of funding for the bare minimum package of health services.
Pate made this revelation yesterday in Abuja during the BHCPF meeting of the Ministerial Oversight Committee.
According to him, the National Primary Healthcare Development Agency (NPHCDA) and the National Health Insurance Authority (NHIA) are the two BHCPF gateways through which the government has authorized the distribution of N25 billion to the federation’s states.
In addition to providing businesses with resources to meet the needs of their own personnel, the minister stated that this would enable the NHIA to offer financial protection for the disadvantaged population.
A portion of the N25.8 billion will then be given to the states to support primary health care facilities, according to Dr. Muyi Aina, Executive Director of NPHCDA.
Oyebanji Filani, the Ekiti State Commissioner for Health and Human Services, spoke on behalf of the state health commissioners when he stated, “We are committed to ensuring that every Nigerian has access to good quality of healthcare services.”