The Nigerian government has reduced the cost of dialysis sessions to N12,000 under the Kidney Dialysis Subsidy Scheme, down from the previous fee of N50,000.
The Deputy Director and Head of Information and Public Relations at the Ministry of Health and Social Welfare, Mr. Alaba Balogun, said this in a statement issued on Wednesday in Abuja.
According to Balogun, the significant move that will ease the cost of the treatment for patients is to save lives and reduce both physical and financial suffering, especially amongst vulnerable Nigerians.
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Abuja, Nigeria | 20 August 2025
FG SUBSIDISES THE COST OF KIDNEY DIALYSIS IN FEDERAL HOSPITALS ACROSS THE COUNTRY— Northwest Not Excluded
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“This intervention is a deliberate initiative of the present administration to bring relief to patients with kidney-related diseases and expand access to universal health coverage,” he stressed.
Mr. Balogun noted that implementation of the pilot scheme was already ongoing in 11 federal tertiary health institutions across the geopolitical zones of the country and would be expanded in due time.
The hospitals are Aminu Kano Teaching Hospital, University of Maiduguri Teaching Hospital, Abubakar Tafawa Balewa University Teaching Hospital, University of Jos Teaching Hospital, National Hospital, Abuja and Federal Medical Centre, Ebute Metta, Lagos.
Others are University College Hospital, Ibadan; University of Benin Teaching Hospital; Federal Medical Centre, Yenagoa; Federal Teaching Hospital, Owerri and Federal Medical Centre, Abakaliki.
Balogun said that the Nigerian government had not excluded the northwestern states from the dialysis subsidy but is committed to ensuring that no Nigerian is left behind in accessing healthcare services across the country under its Renewed Hope Agenda.
He said that more federal hospitals would be added to the safety net to widen access to the subsidised dialysis sessions.
The Nigerian government in 2024 initiated a programme to significantly reduce the cost of kidney dialysis by 80 per cent in selected federal tertiary health institutions.