FG to provide healthcare loans

If the arrangement being put in place by the Federal Government scales through, money would no longer be a problem in accessing health care facility in the country.


Federal Government is mulling the idea of making loans available to Nigerians to enable them access the health services under the National Health Insurance Scheme (NHIS) program.

The report is expected to be presented to the Federal Executive Council (FEC) for ratification, before its implementation.

The Acting Executive Secretary of NHIS, Dr. Abdulrahman Sambo, made the disclosure on Wednesday in Abuja when he received the report on Hospital Capital Improvement Project.

The committee among other things was asked to put in place modalities for the establishment of hospital capital improvement fund.

Besides, the committee according to Sambo, also looked at the feasibility and practicable interest rate.

He said, “Critically examine when the program is feasible and practicable at an interest rate that is fair to all the health seekers, the federal government was looking into investing and injecting funds into the scheme to meet the needs of Nigerians on universal healthcare coverage.”

Sambo revealed that government was committed to the provision of low-interest loans to assist Nigerians access health at an affordable rate.

He pointed out that government was interested in finding alternative ways to fund the NHIS so as to make access to healthcare inclusive.