In order to alleviate the financial burden on people suffering from kidney related diseases, President Bola Tinubu has authorised a significant subsidy to reduce the cost of dialysis treatment from N50,000 to N12,000 per session.
This was disclosed by the
Special Adviser on Policy Information to the President, Daniel Bwala, on his verified X account (@BwalaDaniel) on Tuesday.
Bwala wrote “With this intervention, the price of each dialysis session has been reduced from N50,000 to just N12,000, bringing relief to thousands of citizens battling kidney-related diseases.”
The subsidy is currently active in major federal hospitals across Nigeria’s six geopolitical zones, including Federal Medical Centre (FMC) Ebute-Metta in Lagos, FMC Jabi in Abuja, University College Hospital (UCH) in Ibadan, and FMC Owerri.
Other facilities include University of Maiduguri Teaching Hospital, FMC Abeokuta, Lagos University Teaching Hospital, FMC Azare, University of Benin Teaching Hospital, and University of Calabar Teaching Hospital.
Bwala revealed that additional federal medical centres and teaching hospitals would be incorporated before the end of the year to broaden access to affordable dialysis nationwide.
This move builds on President Tinubu’s healthcare reforms. Last year he approved free caesarean sections in federal hospitals to improve maternal health outcomes. “Together, these measures demonstrate the President’s Renewed Hope Agenda in action—ensuring that no Nigerian is denied healthcare because of cost,” Bwala added.”
