About N2.2 billion ($150 million) is spent every year by the Nigerian government on the procurement of vaccines for routine immunisation.
The immunisation ensures that children are protected against childhood killer diseases.
The money is paid for in part by the Federal Government and in part through partnerships with donors such as the Gavi Vaccine Alliance.
Meanwhile, about N70.6 billion was released between 2023 and 2025 to Primary Healthcare Facilities across the country through the Basic Healthcare Provision Fund to enable them to improve service delivery.
Consequently, the National Primary Healthcare Development Agency (NPHCDA) is working to increase the Health Care Provision Fund-supported facilities from 8,309 to 13,512 and out of the 5,200 facilities to be added, about 3,789 of them have been identified, while the agency is liaising with the states and the local governments to identify them to ensure equitable spread.
The Executive Director of NPHCDA, Dr Muyi Aina, who disclosed this yesterday at the first quarter 2026 media briefing in Abuja, noted that the agency had commenced work in over 4,113 PHCs, with 3000 completed in terms of infrastructure upgrades.
Aina observed that there was an increased utilisation of primary health care services in the country as general attendance had increased from 29 million per quarter in the middle of 2023 to 46 million, 45.4 million as of Q4 2024, and even higher in 2025.
Aina also stated that between 2023 and 2025, the country recorded a 48 per cent reduction in circulating variant polio virus outbreaks because of the progress being made in immunisation
