and the special budget of N723 million to the State House Medical Centre.
The chart shows that allocation for hospitals is N7.77 billion ; N2.53 billion for Drugs and medical supplies; N194.06 million for Medical Consulting; and N4.3 billion for Medical Expenses. The N44.50 billion allocation to BHCF violates the National Health Act . The Act stipulates that at least one per cent of the Consolidated Revenue Fund must be allocated to BHCF.
Even if this is considered an increase in federal government’s total commitment to health from 4.14 per cent to 5.75 per cent, yet the value is quite low for Nigeria considering the troubling health indicators.A brief overview of these other MDAs shows that The Nigeria Building and Road Research Institute got over one billion naira. Also, the Nigeria Intelligence Agency received N969 million. The federal Ministry of Niger Delta got N480 million.