Nigeria, Nov. 3 -- The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control and Prevention (NCDC) has revealed that Nigeria requires an average of N104.4 billion annually to implement its National Action Plan for Health Security, warning that the country remains significantly underfunded to prevent and respond to disease outbreaks.

This was disclosed in a statement issued on Monday and signed by the Director-General of the agency, Jide Idris.

Mr Idris said the estimated cost of implementing NAPHS 2.0 alone is approximately N522 billion over five years.

"This translates to an average of about N104.4 billion annually. Although not all NAPHS activities are funded through NCDC, this figure illustrates the scale of investment required to protect Nigerians ag...