The Federal Government has unveiled a major investment-led initiative to tackle persistent electricity shortages in hospitals, targeting at least 30 percent uninterrupted power supply across healthcare facilities by 2027 under the Nigeria Power for Health Initiative (NPHI).
The programme was launched on Monday at the National Healthcare Electrification Investor Matchmaking Forum in Lagos by Iziaq Adekunle Salako, the Minister of State for Health and Social Welfare, and Joseph Olasunkanmi Tegbe, the Minister of Power.
Salako said the initiative marks a shift from policy discussions to concrete investments aimed at addressing energy poverty in the health sector.
“Energy poverty is holding back our reforms and slowing down our healthcare transformation agenda,” he said.
He noted that unreliable electricity continues to undermine healthcare delivery, affecting critical services such as operating theatres, cold chain systems, diagnostic equipment, blood banks, incubators and emergency response operations.
