The Africa Health Budget Network (AHBN) has called on the Federal Government to fully release the 2025 approved family planning budget, including the US $4 million government counterpart funding to complement the national family planning program.
Coordinator of AHBN, Dr. Aminu Magashi made the call in a message titled,”KEY ADVOCACY MESSAGES TO INFLUENCE AND IMPROVE RMNCAEH SERVICES IN NIGERIA”
Magashi also called for the release of a 10% approved budget from the 60bn of the Medical Relief fund under the Presidential Initiative for unlocking the health value chain.
Furthermore, he called on the National Health Insurance Authority (NHIA) for the implementation of the mandatory health insurance as issued by the presidential executive order and to ensure family planning services become part of the benefit package.
“We urge the Federal and State Governments to fully release the 2025 adolescent health and well-being budgets at both national and subnational levels.
“We commend the Coordinating Minister of Health and Social Welfare for the recent release of N32.9 billion in Direct Facility Financing (DFF) under the BHCPF. We call for greater accountability and transparency to ensure prudent utilization, strengthened monitoring and supervision, and improved health outcomes”, he said.
The Coordinator also urged the government to fulfill Nigeria’s counterpart funding obligations for immunization in alignment with Gavi and the United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) commitments and release the allocated funds to the tune of 137 Billion in 2024 which 25% was released, and 231 billion for 2025.
