Nigeria: FG, NSIA to Drive Investment in Health Sector

The Federal Ministry of Health, yesterday, entered into an agreement with the Nigeria Sovereign Investment Authority, NSIA, managers of the nation's sovereign wealth fund, to launch a comprehensive healthcare investment programme covering all six geo-political regions of the country that will also help stem the loss of over $1 billion per year spent by Nigerians on medical tourism.

The NSIA, in a statement in Abuja, said the aim of the investment program is to catalyze private sector investment to bridge the healthcare infrastructure gap, contribute to the reduction of the disease burden and facilitate improvement of Healthcare in the country.

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