President Muhammadu Buhari Tuesday directed the ministry of health to track the disbursement and utilisation of the Basic Health Care Provision Fund (BHCPF).
Mr Buhari issued the directive at the closing ceremony of the 2022 Ministerial Performance Review Retreat in Abuja.
According to a statement signed by the Special Adviser to the President on media and publicity, Femi Adesina, the president said the health ministry should put in a monitoring and evaluation framework and work in collaboration with relevant agencies to achieve this task.
BHCPF
The federal government established the BHCPF in 2014, under Section 11 of the National Health Act; to provide funding to improve access to primary health care.
It was designed to be financed from not less than one per cent of the Consolidated Revenue Fund (CRF) of the federal government and other sources including donors’ contributions.
The Fund provides a Basic Minimum Package of Health Services (BMPHS) aimed at increasing the…
