FG, states spend 4.3% of N13.5tr budgets on health
Monday, January 23, 2017
Less than five percent of the N13.5 trillion combined budgets of the federal and state governments will be spent on public health this year.
This is despite the poor infrastructure in the sector and the avowal by the government to discourage medical tourism, Daily Trust investigations have shown.
Official data analysed by Daily Trust shows that the two tiers of governments have budgeted a total of N591.8 billion for health, representing 4.3 percent of their total spending this year.
