KEY POINTS
- Tinubu slashes dialysis cost from N50,000 to N12,000.
- Federal hospitals nationwide already implementing the subsidy.
- Renewed Hope Agenda expands affordable healthcare initiatives.
President Bola Tinubu has approved a subsidy lowering dialysis costs in federal hospitals from N50,000 per session to N12,000.
The intervention, already in effect across major centres, is expected to ease financial strain for thousands battling chronic kidney disease.
Tinubu slashes dialysis cost in federal hospitals
Daniel Bwala, Tinubu’s Special Adviser on Policy Information, confirmed the decision on X, describing it as part of wider reforms.
Federal hospitals in Lagos, Abuja, Ibadan, Owerri, Maiduguri, Abeokuta, Benin, Calabar, and Azare have already begun implementing reduced rates.
More teaching hospitals and federal centres will join before year-end, ensuring broader access to affordable dialysis treatment nationwide.
“This subsidy lowers the cost of each dialysis session to N12,000, lifting pressure on citizens with kidney-related illnesses,” Bwala said.
Renewed Hope Agenda expands healthcare access
According to Business Day, the subsidy builds on last year’s approval of free cesarean sections for pregnant women in federal hospitals. Building on that precedent, Tinubu’s administration says it is determined to prevent cost from being a barrier to healthcare access.
“These measures demonstrate the President’s Renewed Hope Agenda in action—ensuring no Nigerian is denied healthcare because of cost,” Bwala noted.
Health advocates welcomed the move, saying the high cost of dialysis had long kept treatment out of reach for many families, leading to preventable deaths. Expanding subsidies, they added, will help restore public confidence in Nigeria’s overstretched healthcare system.
