FG Seeks Private Investment To Tackle Power Shortages In Healthcare Facilities
Dr. Nafisat Makinɗe, Abuja
The Federal Government is seeking private sector investment to address electricity shortages affecting healthcare facilities across the country under the Nigeria Power for Health Initiative (NPHI).
The development was disclosed in a statement issued Monday, June 15, 2026, by the Assistant Director, Information and Public Relations, Ado Bako, following the National Healthcare Electrification Investor Matchmaking Forum held in Lagos.
According to the statement, the Minister of State for Health and Social Welfare, Dr. Iziaq Adekunle Salako, said unreliable electricity continues to affect critical healthcare services, including surgeries, vaccine storage, diagnostic services, oxygen supply systems, emergency response operations and digital health solutions.
Salako said the NPHI was established following the National Stakeholders’ Dialogue on Power in the Health Sector and approved by President Bola Ahmed Tinubu as the national platform for healthcare electrification. He added that energy poverty remains a major challenge to healthcare delivery and ongoing reforms in the sector.
The minister said the initiative adopts an Energy as a Service model under which Energy Service Providers will finance, deploy, operate and maintain power infrastructure for healthcare facilities, allowing health institutions to focus on service delivery.
He added that the programme will be financed through a mix of government support, development finance, climate finance, concessional capital and private investment to support large scale deployment of sustainable energy solutions.
Salako said the initiative is backed by an Inter-Ministerial Steering Committee, an Inter-Agency Technical Committee, Facility Energy Management Teams and a Project Secretariat domiciled in the Federal Ministry of Health and Social Welfare.
He said the current phase targets Federal Tertiary Health Institutions but is designed to support primary, secondary and tertiary healthcare facilities across the public and private sectors. He called on banks, development finance institutions, infrastructure funds, climate financiers and energy developers to invest in healthcare electrification projects.