Nigeria sets up the National Health Technology and Data Analytics Office, NHTDAO, and appoints Dr. Obi Adigwe to lead digital health coordination.
Nigeria has set up the NHTDAO to act as a central hub for digital health transformation. NHTDAO is meant to coordinate how technology is used in healthcare, including how health data is collected, shared, and analysed.
The new office will sit under the Office of the Coordinating Minister of Health and Social Welfare. It is positioned as a “meta-level” platform, meaning it is meant to guide and align work across existing health institutions, not replace them.
A key goal is interoperability, which means different health software systems can exchange and use data properly, like ensuring two hospitals can read the same patient record format. This usually requires shared standards and clearer rules for data governance, which is how data is managed, protected, and used.
President Tinubu also approved a Steering Committee to guide the office. It will be co-chaired by Coordinating Minister Professor Muhammad Ali Pate and Nigerian Economic Summit Group chair Olaniyi Yusuf. The committee includes representatives from health agencies such as NPHCDA and NHIA, a representative from NITDA, and state health commissioners across geopolitical zones.
Nigeria’s health sector has many parallel digital systems, from clinic records to insurance databases. When systems do not “talk” to each other, care delivery slows down, reporting becomes manual, and patient data can become fragmented.
If NHTDAO succeeds, it could reduce duplicated digital health projects and push common standards that make nationwide health data more usable. That can help everything from disease surveillance to planning supplies and funding.
For healthtech startups and providers, clearer standards can lower integration costs with hospitals, insurers, and government programmes. It can also set expectations for privacy and compliance as more patient data moves into digital tools.
Primary Source: Nairametrics
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