The Nigeria India Business Council (NIBC) has announced that India plans to partner with Nigeria through investment in the nation’s primary healthcare sector.
This was disclosed by the Secretary-General of NIBC in India, Rekha Sharma, while briefing newsmen at the India trade mission to Nigeria/Nigeria-India business forum in Abuja, which was organized by NIBC in collaboration with the Nigerian Association of Chambers of Commerce, Industry, Mines, and Agriculture (NACCIMA).
Sharma emphasized the significance of the health sector in the business concept, stating that it offers a huge opportunity for both countries.
She explained that NIBC’s goal is to bring joint venture partners with skills development to benefit both countries, like exchanging doctors, and manufacturing partners for the production of medical equipment and other hospital services.
This, she believes, will enable the locals to get educated and trained for treatment.
The production of medicines and other aspects, such as the production of syringes and related medical devices, create numerous investment opportunities, and the healthcare sector is a massive investment opportunity, according to Sharma.
As a Council, NIBC is committed to bringing together joint venture partners so that both countries can grow as business leaders.
Sharma further explained that the initiative to establish primary healthcare centers was conceived by the EXIM Bank of India to bring power to the well-being of the citizenry.
221 Primary Healthcare Centers have already been established in Kaduna, and solar power has been provided to supply electricity night and day.
She revealed that the African Development Bank (AfDB) group initiative was tailored to promote the value chain, which includes power, water, sanitation, IT, franchising, and insurance.
She also stated that the African Development Bank and IDB are investing over 10 billion USD, and Nigeria alone has over 9000 primary healthcare centers.
Plans are underway to give proof of concept for about 25 primary healthcare centers, and all these actions will be integrated and inaugurated in the first week of April 2024.
The goal is to launch this program once and for all so that the whole of Africa can benefit.
It is the dream of the African government to have primary healthcare centers connected to huge healthcare centers, and this initiative is a step towards achieving that dream.
