{
  "id": 8080711,
  "title": "Nigeria needs risk-sharing fund for primary healthcare investment – Reps",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/17/nigeria-needs-risk-sharing-fund-for-primary-healthcare-investment-reps-8080711",
  "topic": "health",
  "section": "Health & Medicine",
  "published": "2026-09-17T19:18:41.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Punch Nigeria",
    "slug": "punch-nigeria",
    "url": "https://punchng.com/nigeria-needs-risk-sharing-fund-for-primary-healthcare-investment-reps/"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": "The House of Representatives has urged the creation of a risk-sharing fund to encourage private investment in Nigeria's primary healthcare system. This recommendation was made by Dr. Amos Mogaji, Chairman of the House Committee on Health Care Services/Establishments, during a pre-summit dialogue organized by the Nigerian Economic Summit Group in collaboration with the Federal Ministry of Budget and Economic Planning. The discussion, themed \"Powering PHC to UHC: Unlocking Private Sector Partnership,\" highlighted the challenges faced by private investors in primary healthcare, such as fragmented regulation, cumbersome government processes, and weaknesses in contracting and procurement. Mogaji proposed a PHC investment and risk-sharing facility to provide investors with greater clarity on risks and responsibilities, as well as a national primary healthcare public-private partnership framework to define the roles and expectations of government and private-sector participants. Dr. Sade Adebanjo, a member of the NESG Health Policy Commission, emphasized the importance of primary healthcare as the foundation of Nigeria's healthcare system and stressed the need for policy continuity, institutional coordination, and clarity to attract private-sector investment. Dr. Ben Nkechika, Managing Director of Almond Healthcare Services Limited, called for increased private-sector involvement in universal health coverage through primary healthcare, highlighting the success of a healthcare facility concession in Delta State. Dr. Nkata Chuku, Deputy Director at the Gates Foundation, emphasized the importance of government ownership, sustainable domestic financing, and clear purchasing arrangements in expanding public-private partnerships in healthcare. Dr. Ifunanya Ilodibe, CEO of EHA Clinics, stressed the critical need for sustainable and predictable financing to ensure private participation in primary healthcare.",
  "summary": "The House of Representatives has called for a risk-sharing fund to attract private investment into Nigeria’s primary healthcare system, a lawmaker has said Read More: https://punchng.com/nigeria-needs-risk-sharing-fund-for-primary-healthcare-investment-reps/",
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  "editors_take": null,
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      {
        "outlet": "Punch",
        "title": "Nigeria needs risk-sharing fund for primary healthcare investment – Reps",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/17/nigeria-needs-risk-sharing-fund-for-primary-healthcare-investment-reps",
        "published": "2026-09-17T19:08:41.000Z"
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  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}