Lawmaker, Experts Push For Funding, Legislative Intervention To Fix Healthcare Deficits

The lawmaker representing the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) in the Senate, Senator Ireti Kingibe, has stressed the need for domestic health financing models, calling for strategies to generate capital to sustain health systems beyond donor and aid interventions.
This is just as experts called for the introduction of tech- and Artificial Intelligence, AI-enabled platforms and data-driven solutions that can be leveraged to improve healthcare systems and health financing models across Africa.
They spoke at the 2026 Gatefield Health Summit themed “Scaling What Works,” a high-level event aimed at bridging the gap between isolated breakthroughs and sound policy to transform Africa’s healt...