The Federal Government of Nigeria spends approximately N2.2 billion (about $150 million) annually on the procurement of vaccines for routine immunisation programmes aimed at protecting children from preventable and life-threatening diseases.
The immunisation programme is jointly financed by the Federal Government and international development partners, including the Gavi Vaccine Alliance, which supports vaccine access in developing countries.
In addition, about N70.6 billion has been disbursed between 2023 and 2025 under the Basic Healthcare Provision Fund to Primary Healthcare Centres, PHCs, nationwide, with the goal of strengthening service delivery at the grassroots level.
The National Primary Health Care Development Agency, NPHCDA, is also scaling up its intervention programme, increasing the number of facilities benefiting from the Health Care Provision Fund from 8,309 to 13,512. Out of the planned 5,200 additional centres, 3,789 have already been identified, while coordination with state and local governments is ongoing to ensure equitable distribution across the country.
The Executive Director of the agency, Dr Muyi Aina, disclosed this during the first quarter 2026 media briefing held in Abuja, noting that implementation work has commenced in more than 4,113 primary healthcare centres, with over 3,000 already completed in terms of infrastructure upgrades.
He further explained that utilisation of primary healthcare services has recorded significant growth nationwide.
According to him, average attendance rose from 29 million per quarter in mid-2023 to about 46 million, with 45.4 million recorded in Q4 2024, and an even higher figure in 2025.
Dr Aina also highlighted major progress in disease control, revealing that Nigeria recorded a 48 per cent decline in circulating variant poliovirus outbreaks between 2023 and 2025, attributing the improvement to strengthened immunisation coverage and sustained public health interventions.
