MEDIA BRIEF
FG LAUNCHES HEALTHCARE ELECTRIFICATION MARKETPLACE
Lagos, Nigeria | June 15, 2026 — The Federal Government has launched 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).
Speaking at the National Healthcare Electrification Investors Matchmaking Forum in Lagos, the Honourable Minister of State for Health and Social Welfare, Dr. Iziaq Adekunle Salako, described the initiative as a major milestone in the implementation of resolutions reached at the National Stakeholders’ Dialogue on Power in the Health Sector and a critical step towards addressing energy poverty within Nigeria’s health system.
The Minister noted that reliable electricity remains one of the most important enablers of quality healthcare delivery, powering operating theatres, vaccine cold chain systems, incubators, diagnostics, oxygen delivery systems, digital health technologies, and emergency response services. “Electricity is not merely a utility in a healthcare facility,” Dr. Salako stated. “It powers life-saving services and technologies that healthcare delivery depends upon. When electricity fails, healthcare delivery stagnates.”
He explained that the Nigeria Power for Health Initiative introduces a fundamental shift from traditional government and donor-funded infrastructure projects to a sustainable Energy-as-a-Service (EaaS) model. Under this framework, specialised energy service providers will finance, deploy, operate, maintain and guarantee reliable energy services for healthcare facilities, allowing hospitals to focus on their core mandate of delivering quality healthcare.
The initiative is built on three key pillars: blended financing, institutional readiness and national scalability. Through a combination of government commitment, development finance, climate finance and private sector investment, the framework seeks to unlock large-scale deployment of sustainable energy solutions across the health sector. While the current phase focuses on federal tertiary health institutions, the long-term vision is to extend sustainable healthcare electrification across primary, secondary and tertiary facilities in both the public and private sectors.
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.
Dr. Salako also highlighted recent efforts to strengthen investment readiness within the health sector, including specialised training for Directors of Finance and Accounts of Federal Tertiary Hospitals in energy economics, project finance, sustainable business models and investor engagement.
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.
The Federal Ministry of Health and Social Welfare reaffirmed its commitment to working with public and private sector partners to sustainably power healthcare facilities and strengthen health outcomes for all Nigerians.