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President Bola Tinubu on Friday commissioned a series of new and upgraded healthcare facilities across Nigeria’s six geopolitical zones, in what the Nigerian Government described as the largest single-day inauguration of federal health infrastructure projects in the country’s history.
The projects formed part of activities marking the third anniversary of the Tinubu administration.
This was disclosed in a statement issued by the President’s Special Adviser on Information and Strategy, Bayo Onanuga.
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PRESIDENT TINUBU COMMISSIONS HEALTH FACILITIES ACROSS NIGERIA
President Bola Ahmed Tinubu, on Friday, commissioned new and upgraded health infrastructure across all six geopolitical zones of the country, marking the largest single-day commissioning of…
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Among the projects commissioned was the Bola Tinubu Specialist Complex at the Federal Medical Centre, Jabi, Abuja. The two-storey facility was designed to provide integrated specialist and VIP healthcare services and includes consulting rooms, operating theatres, laboratories, pharmacies and inpatient wards.
The President also inaugurated the National Emergency Medical Service and Ambulance System (NEMSAS) Emergency Response Fleet at the Federal Ministry of Health and Social Welfare headquarters.
According to the statement, the fleet includes 145 tricycle ambulances, six boat ambulances and 79 emergency ambulances for federal tertiary hospitals, alongside digital equipment intended to support emergency response coordination.
The ambulances will operate under the SAVEMAMA programme to improve emergency obstetric and newborn care, particularly in rural and hard-to-reach communities.
In Lagos, Tinubu flagged off a fleet of Compressed Natural Gas-powered ambulances for the country’s 73 federal tertiary health institutions under the Nigeria Health Sector Renewal Investment Initiative. The vehicles are expected to reduce operational costs and strengthen referral services between health facilities.
Across the North-West, the President commissioned upgraded Polio Emergency Operations Centres in Katsina, Kano and Sokoto states to enhance immunisation coordination, disease surveillance and outbreak response.
He also inaugurated the newly constructed Gadon Kaya Primary Health Centre in Kano and the Aboh Primary Health Centre in Delta State, both delivered under the World Bank-supported Immunisation Plus and Malaria Progress by Accelerating Coverage and Transforming Services (IMPACT) project.
Other projects commissioned included a new laboratory complex at the University of Uyo Teaching Hospital in Akwa Ibom State, an administrative complex at the University of Nigeria Teaching Hospital, Enugu State, and a Pharmacy Quality Control Laboratory at the Ahmadu Bello University Teaching Hospital, Zaria.
In the North-East, the President commissioned a 50-bed Mental Health and Drug Rehabilitation Centre at the University of Maiduguri Teaching Hospital to support the treatment of patients with mental health and substance abuse conditions.
Tinubu also inaugurated the Lagos Immunisation Supply Chain Hub at the Federal Medical Stores in Oshodi, a facility designed to serve the South-West and South-South regions under Nigeria’s new immunisation supply chain framework.
Speaking during the virtual commissioning, the President described the projects as part of a broad effort to modernise Nigeria’s healthcare system and expand access to quality medical services nationwide.
He said the administration was committed to providing healthcare services comparable to those previously accessible only to Nigerians who could afford treatment abroad, while also strengthening emergency response systems across the country.
”We are determined to give Nigerians the kind of care that, for too long, only those who could travel abroad enjoyed,” the President said. ”From the rivers of the Delta to the streets of Lagos, from rural Sokoto to tertiary Maiduguri, our emergency response system must work as one. Today, we put another major piece of that system in place,’’he said.
Tinubu commended the Federal Ministry of Health and Social Welfare, NEMSAS, the National Primary Health Care Development Agency, development partners, state governments and federal teaching hospitals for their roles in delivering the projects.
According to figures released by the Ministry of Health, nearly 3,000 primary healthcare centres have been revitalised under the IMPACT programme in the past two years, while 27 Comprehensive Emergency Obstetric and Newborn Care sites have been established nationwide. The ministry also reported the revitalisation of more than 2,900 health facilities across the six geopolitical zones under the Nigeria Health Sector Renewal Investment Initiative.
