Nigeria, April 28 -- Nigeria has secured $5.5 billion in private sector investment to boost local pharmaceutical manufacturing and develop a highly skilled workforce.

Muhammad Pate, the coordinating minister of health and social welfare, disclosed this on Sunday via his official X handle.

As part of the initiative, Nigeria signed an agreement with the Empower School of Health, Geneva, to establish "Empower Academy Nigeria," a pharmaceutical manufacturing training institute designed to equip up to 2,000 Nigerian professionals annually with world-class skills.

Mr Pate said the academy would focus on areas such as process engineering, regulatory compliance, quality control, environmental monitoring, and the production of pharmaceutical ex...