Health minister warns Nigeria against reliance on foreign funding for health sector
The Minister of Health and Social Welfare, Prof. Muhammad Ali Pate, has said tax reforms and economic growth are critical to strengthening Nigeria’s health financing, noting that the country needs to improve its existing tax base to inject funds into the health sector. Pate insisted that stronger domestic resource mobilisation was essential to creating the […] Health minister warns Nigeria…
The Minister of Health and Social Welfare, Prof. Muhammad Ali Pate, has cautioned Nigeria against relying on foreign funding for its health sector. He emphasized that tax reforms and economic growth are vital in strengthening the country's health financing. Pate stressed that improving the existing tax base is crucial to creating the fiscal space required for sustained investments in healthcare.
He warned that Nigeria cannot continue to assume that external funding will remain available at the same level, given the competing global issues that demand government attention, such as defence, climate change, and migration.
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