Pate stated that the Nigerian government remains committed to transforming the health sector through domestic financing.
By Deborah Hassan
365Daily – Amid plans by the President of the United States, Donald Trump, to halt funding support to countries for the treatment of HIV/AIDS, the Federal Executive Council (FEC) has approved the sum of N4.8 billion for the treatment of HIV patients in Nigeria.
The Minister of Health and Social Welfare, Ali Pate, disclosed this on Monday, February 3, 2025, while briefing State House correspondents at the end of the FEC meeting, which was presided over by President Bola Tinubu at the Presidential Villa, Abuja.
According to the minister, the approved funds will be disbursed over four months to cater to HIV patients.
Addressing concerns over the recent U.S. policy to suspend assistance for HIV, tuberculosis, and other diseases, Pate stated that the Nigerian government remains committed to transforming the health sector through domestic financing.
He further disclosed that a committee, comprising members from the Ministries of Finance, Budget, Defence, and Environment, as well as the Nigeria Governors’ Forum, has been established with the mandate to develop a sustainability plan.