Nigeria, Oct. 28 -- The federal government says it has disbursed N249.6 billion to the Basic Health Care Provision Fund (BHCPF) in the past three years, representing 77.1 per cent of the N323.6 billion disbursed since the fund was established in 2019.

The government also plans to expand direct financing to at least 17,600 primary healthcare facilities and provide health insurance coverage for about 90,000 Nigerians in correctional facilities.

The Minister of State for Health and Social Welfare, Iziaq Salako, disclosed this on Wednesday in Abuja during a ministerial briefing on three years of implementation of the fund under President Bola Tinubu's administration.

Established under the National Health Act 2014, the BHCPF is designed to ...