BHCPF: FG To Track Expenditure

Executive director of the National Primary Healthcare Development Agency ( Muyi Aina), Dr Muyi Aina, said that the federal government would leverage software technology to track expenditure at the facility level and ensure funds allocated from the Basic Healthcare Provision Fund (BHCPF) are utilised appropriately.

Aina stated this at the meeting of the BHCPF Ministerial Oversight Committee (MOC), in Abuja.

He said: “Our goal is to ensure that every Nigerian has access to the basic services they need.

Also speaking at the meeting, the minister of Health and Social Welfare, Prof. Mohammed Ali Pate, He expressed President Ahmed Tinubu’s commitment to enhancing the health of citizens through efficient, effective, and quality primary healthcare.

The minister stated that the redesigned BHCPF aims to align resources towards improving health outcomes, with a focus on maternal and child health.

He added that a portion of the funds will be allocated by the National Health Insurance Authority (NHIA) to provide financial protection for the poorest and most vulnerable populations.

On the NPHCDA gateway, the minister informed that “The guidelines revision will include increasing direct facility financing in a tiered way to address health inequities, provide additional resources for supervision by States, support for frontline health workers, and drugs/commodities at the PHC levels (more than 8,000 PHCs across the country), and strengthen financial management and accountability.”

He called on Civil Society Organisations and the media to keep a close watch on the resources once they start to flow to each BHCPF-supported PHC facility, to ensure they are used for intended purposes only.

“An email address and reporting line will be made available, enabling citizens to actively participate in monitoring fund implementation. We are committed to ensuring that healthcare resources are utilised effectively and transparently, said Pate.