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The agency was established by the Federal Government of Nigeria on December 10, 1992, following the promulgation of Decree No. 29. This decree aimed to address the deficiencies in Nigeria's primary healthcare system by creating a dedicated body responsible for its development, coordination, and implementation across the country.
The Federal Ministry of Health and Social Welfare is one of the Federal Ministries of Nigeria concerned with the formulation and implementation of policies related to health. It is headed by two ministers appointed by the president , assisted by a permanent secretary, who is a career civil servant .
The Rivers State Ministry of Social Welfare and Rehabilitation is a government ministry of Rivers State, Nigeria entrusted with the implementation of programs and the provision of social, rehabilitative services to improve the physical, social, emotional and economic well-being of the disadvantaged groups in the state.
Social Security Administration of Nigeria (SSA) Budget Office of the Federation (BOF) Bureau of Public Procurement (BPP) Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) Corporate Affairs Commission (CAC) Debt Management Office (DMO) Federal Inland Revenue Service (FIRS) Federal Mortgage Bank of Nigeria (FMBN)
These tables are lists of social welfare spending as a percentage of GDP compiled by Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development ("OECD") into the OECD Social Expenditure Database which "includes reliable and internationally comparable statistics on public and mandatory and voluntary private social expenditure at programme level." [1]
Muhammad Ali Pate was appointed as Nigeria's Coordinating Minister of Health and Social Welfare in August 2023 under President Bola Ahmed Tinubu. Since assuming office, he has introduced various initiatives aimed at improving the country’s healthcare system and social welfare programs. [ 27 ]
Originally, it was the Ministry of Youths, Sports, and Social Welfare's Department of Women and Children. [3] Later, it was elevated to the status of a Bureau within the Governor's Office. By Decree 42 of 1992, it was transformed into the Women Commission in 1993. [4]
President Muhammadu Buhari, GCFR on 24 August 2019 swore in Dr. Sadiya Umar Farouq [3] [4] [5] as the Minister of Humanitarian Affairs, Disaster Management and Social Development with Dr.(Mrs) Bashir Nura Alkali FCA, FCIT as the permanent secretary in the ministry. [6]