The Federal Government has said Nigeria requires about N500 billion in capital and operational investment over the next five years to scale digital health infrastructure nationwide, warning that inadequate domestic financing remains one of the biggest obstacles to achieving universal health coverage and sustaining healthcare innovations beyond pilot projects.
The Minister of State for Health and Social Welfare, Dr Iziaq Adekunle Salako, disclosed this on Thursday at the opening ceremony of the 6th Africa Digital Health Summit (ADHS 2026) in Abuja, where he called on pension fund administrators, development partners and private-sector investors to support the country’s digital health transformation agenda.
Salako said while Nigeria had made significant progress in developing digital health systems, the transition from fragmented pilot programmes to integrated, nationwide platforms would require substantial and sustained investment.
“A key area of possible domestic investment to grow digital healthcare is in the use of our pension fund resources,”
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