Atiku requests a public audit of the $1.07 billion that FG has set aside

Atiku requests a public audit of the $1.07 billion that FG  has set aside for health reforms.
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 A public audit of the $1.07 billion that the federal government approved for healthcare sector reforms under the Human Capital Opportunities for Prosperity and Equity (HOPE) initiative has been urged by former Nigerian Vice President Atiku Abubakar. "Swallowing public funds must never be the fate of the funds budgeted for the critical health sector in the 2025 Budget," Atiku said in a statement on Sunday, outlining the importance of a public audit. Abubakar's response comes after news broke that the Federal Executive Council (FEC) had approved the $1.07 billion budget for changes in the healthcare sector.Previously emphasized that the finance minister and coordination of the economics, wale epingun, held the fecal government, still the treatment of human immunity (HIV). Not to accept health sector funding During the picture conference, the coord of the coord of the coord of the finance minister, insiffending the hoping program corracious the agenda of the human capital agreese. Pate said the funds have aim to improve govern in the health care and improve the native primary services. "This finance sustains recruition, training and maintaining health and teachers in the national level", he said. Also noticed that $ 500 million or attributes the qualities, use primary system system, including health services and children. "As part of the most brader's reforms, the board has approved in 4.8 Billion Naira to Provide 150,000 HIV treatment packages in the next four months. "This initiative underlines the federal government commitment to ensure the treatment of life and reduce health costs for tangible populations", has added. Atiku reacts In his statement, ABUBAKAR EDIFAKAR IF THE FOURS OF NIGERIA, that I am still agreed with retreaved security areas in health sector must be used as possible. "At this end, the federal government must be intimeless to the medium-auditory auditory and responsibility to move its $ 1.07 billion in the health sector," he said. The ancient duty specifically the federal government to not provide details as though he thinks of spending more than one billion dollars intended for the primary health sector. Atiku sustained that is a primary primary health care investment for guarantees that nigerians reported to health services, to remember these funds. "We have read the federal government plans to pass $ 1.07 billion in primary health sector. This amount is in addition to the N2.48 trillion earlier proposed for the health sector in the initial draft of the budget. "This development becomes even more concerning when the government also announced that the $1.07 billion allocated to the health sector at the subnational level was mainly sourced from foreign loans, with a fraction provided by an international donor agency. "In other words, Nigeria is expected to repay these loans, and it is imperative that the Nigerian people know the details of these loans, as well as ensure that their expenditure is framed within a policy document explaining how the funds will be utilized," Atiku stated. Abubakar further asserted that if President Bola Tinubu's administration is sincere in its commitment to prioritizing Nigerians' health, it must explain how this intervention fund will be used to tackle diseases in the primary health sector. He also alleged that the federal government's recent plans for HIV/AIDS treatment are merely a "panic response" to former U.S. President Donald Trump's announcement regarding the cancellation of American aid for HIV/AIDS treatment in Nigeria. He warned that if the Tinubu administration fails to establish a comprehensive framework to safeguard its significant investment in the health sector, or neglects to subject the appropriations to scrutiny by the National Assembly, it could amount to another fraud disguised as public interest project.

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