Nigeria, June 5 -- Billionaire philanthropist Bill Gates has raised concerns over Nigeria's limited investment in healthcare, stating that the country's current health budget is inadequate to meet its pressing health needs.

Mr Gates, chair Gates Foundation made this known during a media round table in Lagos on Wednesday ahead of the first-ever Goalkeepers event by the Gates Foundation in Nigeria,

He warned that the health budgets will be under incredible pressure, particularly with the aid cuts adding that there' will be less money for health in Nigeria next year than this year.

Mr Gates observed that the low funding for health was part of the reasons Nigeria has the second highest maternal and child mortality rate in the world.

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