The Federal Government says it will require an estimated ₦4.55 billion over three years to recruit 122,696 health workers needed to fill vacant positions in Primary Health Care facilities across 26 states.
The Human Resource for Health and Project Management Lead at the Sector-Wide Approach (SWAp) Coordination Office, Zaiyanatu Umar, disclosed this during the 15th Expanded Ministerial Oversight Committee meeting on national healthcare implementation in Abuja.
Umar said the estimate was based on an analysis of baseline data submitted by 26 verified states, which reported staffing levels against the Primary Health Care Minimum Staffing Standards under the SWAp recruitment assessment exercise.
