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For the NHIS Gateway, citizens and healthcare providers are expected to be enrolled as beneficiaries of the BHCPF, to enable them...
The lack of awareness of the BHCPF is already defeating the purpose of the scheme that the federal government initiated to make health care services available to the vulnerable at no cost.
The Minister of Health, Dr Osagie Ehanire, says the country is yet to meet the pledge by African governments to allocate 15 per cent of annual budget to health.
Although it was established in 2014, the actual implementation of the law, including the release of funds, did not commence until 2018.
Some primary healthcare centres in Niger State are yet to feel the impact of the Federal Government's Basic Health Care Provision Fund (BHCPF), which seeks to improve Nigeria's healthcare coverage, especially for the vulnerable. WikkiTimes’ Hamzat Ibrahim Abaga, who visited some of the state’s primary healthcare centres, reports his findings.