Nigeria, March 19 -- Nigeria must explore other sources outside the budget to effectively finance its health sector, the Director-General, Budget Office, Ben Akabueze, has said.

Mr Akabueze spoke on Tuesday at a workshop in Abuja organised by the Collaborative Africa Budget Reform Initiative (CABRI), under the theme: "Nigeria Value for Money in the Health Sector."

The workshop examined how the Nigerian health sector could be better financed to improve the quality of health services rendered to the populace. In attendance were participants from the ministries of finance, health and financing partners working in the health sector.

Mr Akabueze while delivering his presentation on 'Reprioritising Health in the National Budget', said the fe...