Only N36m out of N218bn capital budget for health released – Minister
The Minister of Health, Prof. Mohammed Ali Pate, on Monday said the ministry was unable to utilise its 2025 capital budget, having received only N36 million out of the N218 billion appropriated for the year. Prof. Pate made the disclosure during a 2026 budget defence session with the House of Representatives Committee on Healthcare Services. […]
Mohammed Ali Pate
The Minister of Health, Prof. Mohammed Ali Pate, on Monday said the ministry was unable to utilise its 2025 capital budget, having received only N36 million out of the N218 billion appropriated for the year.
Prof. Pate made the disclosure during a 2026 budget defence session with the House of Representatives Committee on Healthcare Services.
He stated that while the ministry’s entire personnel budget was released and fully expended, the same could not be said of the capital component, due largely to the bottom-up cash planning system operated by the Office of the Accountant-General of the Federation.
He further informed lawmakers that the ministry was unable to access certain counterpart funds because of delays in the release of Nigeria’s counterpart contributions, adding that implementation of the 2025 capital budget was consequently stalled by unforeseen circumstances.
According to the minister, Nigeria’s health sector is guided by Vision 20:2020, the Medium-Term National Development Plan (NDP) 2021–2025, and the National Strategic Health Development Plan (NSHDP) II.