The Federal Government has announced the launch of a “landmark investment-driven framework to accelerate the electrification of healthcare facilities across Nigeria through sustainable private sector partnerships under the Nigeria Power for Health Initiative (NPHI)”.
The announcement was made via a Media Brief on Monday 15 June, 2026 by the Federal Ministry of Health.
Making his speech in Lagos at the National Healthcare Electrification Investors Matchmaking Forum, Dr. Iziaq Adekunle Salako, Honourable Minister of State for Health and Social Welfare, described the initiative as a “major milestone” in the execution of resolutions reached at the National Stakeholders’ Dialogue on Power in the Health Sector and a “critical step towards addressing energy poverty” within the health system of Nigeria.
Dr Salako said, “reliable” electricity brings about quality healthcare delivery; it powers “operating theatres, vaccine cold chain systems, incubators, diagnostics, oxygen delivery systems, digital health technologies, and emergency response services”.
According to the Media Brief, the Minister said: “Electricity is not merely a utility in a healthcare facility.
“It powers life-saving services and technologies that healthcare delivery depends upon. When electricity fails, healthcare delivery stagnates.”
“The initiative is built on three key pillars: blended financing, institutional readiness and national scalability. The long-term vision is to extend sustainable healthcare electrification across primary, secondary and tertiary facilities in both the public and private sectors”, the Media Brief reads.
It also reads: “To support implementation, the Federal Government has established a robust governance structure comprising an Inter-Ministerial Steering Committee, a 24-member Inter-Agency Technical Committee, Facility Energy Management Teams within participating institutions and a dedicated Project Secretariat housed in the Federal Ministry of Health and Social Welfare.
“The Minister commended the United Kingdom Partnership for Accelerating Climate Transitions (UK PACT) and Landell Mills International for their strategic support in developing the framework and advancing sustainable healthcare electrification in Nigeria.
“Addressing investors, development finance institutions, commercial banks, climate financiers and energy developers, he called for stronger collaboration to unlock the significant opportunities presented by healthcare electrification.
““This is the beginning of a marketplace where ideas become projects, projects become investments, and investments become reliable electricity for healthcare facilities across Nigeria,” he said.”
