2021 Budget: Again, Nigeria ignores AU benchmark for health funding

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While President Buhari's latest proposal contains an improvement in health funding, it is still way off the continental mark.

Nineteen years later, only about seven countries — Rwanda, Botswana, Niger, Zambia, Malawi and Burkina Faso, Togo — have met the Abuja target. In 60 per cent of the countries, the health sector share of total government expenditure is below 10 per cent, according to the World Health Organisation.

Some analysts have blamed the funding deficit on the country’s myriads of other problems, such as in the security sector. The ministry of education budget, including the N70.05 billion meant for the Universal Basic Education Commission , is put at N615.15 billion.

 

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Then the government haven't learnt any lessons from Covid-19 about the Health sector of this country

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