Nigeria, July 31 -- The federal government has disbursed over N20 billion to support 4,362 Primary Health Centres (PHCs) across the 19 northern states and the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), under the Basic Health Care Provision Fund (BHCPF) in the last two years.

The Coordinating Minister of Health and Social Welfare, Muhammad Pate, disclosed this during an interactive session on Government-Citizens Engagement, organised by the Sir Ahmadu Bello Memorial Foundation, in Kaduna on Wednesday.

This is according to a press release signed by Rabiu Ibrahim, the Special Assistant (Media) to the Minister of Information and National Orientation.

According to the statement, Mr Pate explained that 274 projects have been executed across 35 tertiar...