Nigeria, Oct. 23 -- The President and Chairman of the Council of the Nigeria Academy of Pharmacy (NAPharm), Lere Baale, has called for a "bold rethink" of Nigeria's healthcare financing system to unlock opportunities across the country's health value chain.

At the 2025 Scientific Conference and Annual General Meeting of the Healthcare Providers Association of Nigeria in Lagos on Wednesday, Mr Baale presented a paper titled "Unlocking the Value Chain in the Healthcare Sector Through Veritable Health Financing Options."

The Professor who is the CEO of Business School Netherlands International said Nigeria must shift from seeing health as a social cost to recognising it as a productive investment capable of driving economic growth and nati...