ADVOCACY MEMORANDUM ON THE 2023 FEDERAL HEALTH BUDGET PROPOSALS

In the 2023 health budget, the total sum allocated to the Ministry of Health out of the overall expenditure of N20,507,942,180,704 is N1,097,703,830,504 inclusive of the N47,649,312,042 provided for the Basic Health Care Provision Fund (BHCPF). This is 5.35% of the proposed budget expenditure. This is just about one-third of the 15% Abuja Declaration commitment. However, there are other provisions related to health in the budget vis, provisions for the National Health Insurance Scheme fund of MDAs (N105,797,840,669), NHIS for Military Retirees (N4,481,145,223), NHIS for Corps Members (N5,000,000,000) and GAVI/Immunisation Counterpart Funding (N69,570,142,633). These add up to an extra N184,849,128,525. This increases the health vote to N1,282,552,959,029 being 6.25% of the proposed overall expenditure. This is just 41.5% of the Abuja Declaration. 15% of the overall budget vote would have amounted to N3,076,500,000,000. The extant health vote leaves a funding gap of N1,978,796,169,496.

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