President Bola Tinubu has approved the establishment of the National Health Technology and Data Analytics Office (NHTDAO) and appointed Dr Obi Adigwe as the pioneer National Coordinator.
The agency will be domiciled in the Office of the Coordinating Minister of Health and Social Welfare.
The NHTDAO will serve as a meta-level national platform for coordinating the country’s digital-health agenda.
According to a state on Friday by Bayo Onanuga, Special Adviser to the President
(Information & Strategy) the office will reinforce, not replace, the existing statutory functions of relevant departments and agencies.
It will also harmonise and empower the public and private institutions across the health system, set the standards that connect them, and operationalise the National Digital Health Architecture, approved by the National Council on Health in November 2025.
