Nigerian govt approves 50% electricity subsidy for public hospitals

The Nigerian government has approved a 50 percent electricity subsidy for public hospitals across the country.

Minister of State for Health and Social Welfare, Dr Tunji Alausa disclosed this recently while speaking at the National Neo-Psychiatric Hospital in Barnawa, Kaduna State.

According to him, the initiative is to cut the running costs for public hospitals and alleviate the impact on patients.

He further noted that the government plans to rename the hospital to a specialist hospital.

He commissioned the Electronic Health Records and Alternative Power Supply at the Lawal Jafaru Isah Emergency Complex and the solarization project at the dialysis unit, which includes a solar-powered borehole and a 10.2 KVA inverter with a lithium battery at the Abdulkareem Jika Yusuf COVID-19 Intervention Centre

“We are going to change the names of our Federal Hospitals to Specialist Hospitals to expand care delivery and destigmatize hospitals so that everybody can come here. While the core services will remain psychiatric, this re-naming will allow for the continuous expansion of services,” he said.