The United States’ recent cuts to global aid, while challenging, opens an opportunity to propel Nigeria towards achieving a resilient, self-sufficient healthcare system, but largely depends on how government chooses to respond, analysts have said.
The analysts have noted that Nigeria’s challenges are less about a lack of resources and more about decades of mismanagement and misappropriation, while the heavy reliance on external aid has left the country vulnerable to external policy shifts.
The United States under the leadership of President Donald Trump is reevaluating its foreign policy, including a significant reduction in financial aid to developing countries, including Nigeria, particularly in the areas of public health and disease control. Nigeria has been heavily reliant on donor support even up to fixing a faulty elevator at the ministry of health under the leadership of Osagie Ehanire, former health minister.