Nigeria, Sept. 5 -- The Coordinating Minister of Health and Social Welfare, Muhammad Pate, on Thursday said that Nigeria must prioritise mobilising domestic resources to sustain health services and protect vulnerable populations.

Mr Pate said this during a panel session on "Reflections on Emerging Challenges in Health Financing" at the National Health Financing Dialogue in Abuja.

He stressed that while donor funding has been useful, the country must take ownership of its health sector.

He also urged development partners to stop bypassing national institutions with parallel projects, warning that such practices weaken rather than strengthen the country's health financing systems.

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