The Federal Government has approved a 50 per cent subsidy for the electricity consumed in hospitals across the nation.
This followed a promise by the Minister of Power, Adebayo Adelabu, that the Federal Government would subsidise electricity in hospitals and universities, even if they are on Band-A feeders.
The Minister of State for Health and Social Welfare, Dr. Tunji Alausa, announced on Thursday that the Federal Government has approved the 50 per cent electricity subsidy for public hospitals.
According to him, this gesture aims to reduce the running costs for public hospitals and alleviate the impact on patients.
Alausa made this disclosure at the National Neo-Psychiatric Hospital in Barnawa, Kaduna, where he unveiled the electronic health records and an alternative power supply source at the Lawal Jafaru Isah Emergency Complex and the solarisation project at the dialysis unit, which includes a solar-powered borehole.
Speaking recently in Ibadan, Adelabu, however, said the government would not subsidise private businesses operating in these universities and hospitals.
The minister disclosed that the government was aware that universities and hospitals are having challenges paying the bills.
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