Presidential Initiative — Active
Building Nigeria's healthcare value chain.
The Presidential Initiative for Unlocking the Healthcare Value Chain (PVAC) is a Federal Government initiative under the Presidency, established by President Bola Ahmed Tinubu in October 2023 to transform Nigeria into a global hub for health-product and healthcare-technology manufacturing.
PVAC Secretariat — stakeholder convening
Healthcare Value Chain Transformation
- Strategic partnerships
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- Pipeline companies
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- Local manufacturing target
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Across industry, government & academia
Active healthcare investment projects in the pipeline
By 2030 — up from current baseline
About PVAC
A strategic government effort.
The Presidential Initiative for Unlocking the Healthcare Value Chain (PVAC) is a strategic government effort aimed at transforming Nigeria's healthcare ecosystem and establishing the nation as a global hub for health-product and technology manufacturing. Inaugurated by President Bola Ahmed Tinubu in October 2023 under the Renewed Hope Agenda, it operates under the Presidency and the leadership of the Coordinating Minister of Health & Social Welfare.
Read the full storyOur Mission
To unlock new investment to accelerate Nigeria's healthcare value-chain transformation — by expanding private-sector participation and fostering cross-institutional coordination.
Mandate scope
3
Mandates — domestic manufacturing, quality care & reduced medical tourism, and quality jobs.
See the three mandatesOur Vision
Transform Nigeria into one of the world's key emerging hubs of health products, technologies, manufacturing and service delivery.
Through a cross-ministerial approach, PVAC is restructuring and strengthening manufacturing, logistics, technology, retail, healthcare delivery and financing.
Our Mandate
Three mandates, one transformation.
PVAC's mandate rests on three targets — growing domestic manufacturing, improving the quality of care and reducing outbound medical tourism, and creating quality jobs across the value chain.
Read the full mandateDomestic Manufacturing
A measurable increase in the domestic manufacturing of pharmaceuticals, vaccines, biologics, medical consumables and devices — reducing import dependence and strengthening national resilience.
Quality Care, Less Medical Tourism
Reduce outbound medical tourism by improving the quality of health services in Nigeria and catalysing alternative health ecosystems within the country.
Quality Jobs
A measurable increase in the quality of jobs created for Nigerians across the healthcare value chain.
Presidential Action · 11 Oct 2024
Executive Order on Unlocking Healthcare Value Chains.
Removing duties and VAT on raw materials, packaging and consumables for local pharmaceutical and medical-device manufacturing — the single biggest demand-side lever for local production in two decades.
Source: Presidential Executive Order infographic (Federal Government of Nigeria, October 2024).
In the media
Featured videos.
Selected PVAC media appearances and stakeholder convenings.
Official PVAC overview
Inside PVAC — Building Nigeria's Healthcare Value Chain
National Coordinator interview · 2026
Dr. Abdu Mukhtar on TVC — Business Nigeria
Industry & DFI engagement
PVAC stakeholder convening — highlights
Partners & Supporters
Built across government, industry & development partners.
PVAC is anchored in a Collaborative Council of Federal ministries, regulatory bodies, multilateral institutions, development finance partners and industry leaders — bringing the institutional weight required to deliver value-chain transformation at scale.
72 active partners and supporters.
We also work with
- Manufacturers
- Private Equity Partners
- Commercial Banks
- HMOs
- Hospitals
- Diagnostic Centres
- Research Institutes
- Universities
- State Governments
- Digital Innovators
- Civil Society Organisations
- Advisory Companies
Engage with PVAC
Join the value-chain transformation.
Investors, manufacturers, regulators, academics, development partners — every pillar of the healthcare value chain has a seat at the table. Tell us where you fit.