Nigeria, Nov. 28 -- Nigeria's Minister of Health and Social Welfare, Muhammad Pate, said the federal government is pushing for the highest health allocation in Nigeria's history, ending wasteful spending practices and strengthening accountability across the system.

Speaking during a fireside chat at the 2025 National Health Dialogue in Abuja on Thursday, Mr Pate said Nigeria's poor health outcomes reflect "exactly what the system was designed to produce - inequality and failure."

He said decades of underinvestment, weak governance and unclear responsibilities have left citizens without reliable care.

The health dialogue was hosted by PREMIUM TIMES in partnership with the Centre for Journalism Innovation and Development (CJID).

It conv...