Health Ministry Received N26bn out N233bn for Capital Projects in 2024 – Pate

The Minister of Health and Social Welfare, Prof. Mohammed Ali Pate has revealed that only 15.06 percent of the total capital allocation to the health sector in 2024 was released to the Ministry for capital projects.

The Minister stated these on Friday while defending the Ministry’s 2025 budget proposal before the Senate and House of Representatives Joint Committee on Health.

Specifically, Pate disclosed that out of the N233.656 billion allocated to the Ministry for capital projects in 2024, only N26.552 billion has been released to the Ministry and utilised.

The Minister explained that the delay in the release and cash backing of its capital allocation was due to the bottom-up cash plan policy of the Office of the Accountant General of the Federation.

According to the Minister, the Ministry was yet to receive a dime from the N57.393 billion captured under the multilateral/bilateral loan for capital projects.

He explained that the total budget to the Minister in 2024 stood at N242, 141,830,564.51 made of N7, 476,463,610 for personnel, N998, 739,547 for overhead and N233, 656,627,407.51 for capital.

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