Nigeria’s Federal Executive Council (FEC) has announced the approval of N4.8 billion for the treatment of HIV patients in the country.
The approval is coming on the heels of the recent plan by US President Donald Trump, to suspend financial assistance to countries for HIV treatment among others.
Nigeria’s Minister of Health and Social Welfare, Prof. Ali Pate, told State House correspondents at the end of the Executive Council meeting on Monday presided by President Bola Tinubu at the Council Chamber, Presidential Villa, Abuja that the approval would be delivered in four months to ensure that those who are HIV infested are taken care of despite the contribution of partners.
On the recent position of the US policy to suspend giving assistance to countries on HIV, Tuberculosis among others, the minister said that the government was looking towards transforming the health sector through domestic financing.
He disclosed that a committee has been put in place with memberships from the Ministries of Finance, Budget, Defence, Environment and the Nigeria Governors Forum to come up with a sustainability plan.
