FG Approves Financing Framework to Accelerate Electrification of Health Facilities
Yinka Olatunbosun
The Federal Government has approved an institutional reform and financing framework to accelerate the electrification of health facilities nationwide, in a move officials say will bring reliable, 24-hour power to hospitals long hampered by erratic electricity supply.
The decisions were reached at the third meeting of the Inter-Ministerial Steering Committee (IMSC) of the Nigeria Power for Health Initiative (NPHI), a presidential programme jointly coordinated by the Federal Ministries of Power and Health and Social Welfare, which is targeting reliable electricity for at least 30 percent of Nigeria’s health facilities by the end of 2027.
The meeting, chaired by the Minister of State for Health and Social Welfare, Dr Isiaq Salako and co-chaired by the Minister of Power, Joseph Tegbe, drew top government officials, development partners and members of the Inter-Agency Technical Committee (IATC), which presented the recommendations under consideration.
