Nigeria needs risk-sharing fund for primary healthcare investment – Reps

The House of Representatives has called for the establishment of a risk-sharing fund to attract private investment into Nigeria’s primary healthcare system, citing weak revenue certainty and regulatory bottlenecks as major obstacles to investment. The Chairman of the House Committee on Health Care Services/Establishments, Dr Amos Mogaji, made the call during a pre-summit dialogue organised by the Nigerian Economic Summit Group in collaboration with the Federal Ministry of Budget and Economic Planning.

The NESG disclosed this in a statement issued on Thursday after the virtual dialogue themed, “Powering PHC to UHC: Unlocking Private Sector Partnership.” Mogaji proposed a PHC investment and risk-sharing facility to provide greater clarity around investment risks and responsibilities, as well as a national primary healthcare public-private partnership framework that would clearly define the roles, responsibilities and expectations of the government and private-sector participants.

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