Tinubu Commissions Health Projects Across Nigeria
President Bola Ahmed Tinubu has commissioned new and upgraded health infrastructure across all six geopolitical zones of the country, as part of the nationwide commissioning programme marking the third anniversary of his administration.
According to a statement by his Special Adviser on Information and Strategy, Bayo Onanuga, the President inaugurated the newly completed Bola Tinubu Specialist Complex at the Federal Medical Centre, Jabi, Abuja. This two-storey facility is purpose-built for integrated specialist and VIP healthcare, comprising eight consulting rooms, twin theatre suites, dedicated Ophthalmology and Ear, Nose and Throat departments, a fully equipped laboratory, a pharmacy, nine VIP wards, four general wards, and a Private and VIP Clinic.
Onanuga also stated that the President commissioned a fleet comprising 145 tricycle ambulances, six boat ambulances, and 79 brand-new emergency ambulances for federal tertiary hospitals, along with 45 laptops, 20 printers, and 320 mobile phones to support the digital coordination platform under the National Emergency Medical Service and Ambulance System (NEMSAS) Emergency Response at the Federal Ministry of Health and Social Welfare headquarters. The fleet will operate under the SAVEMAMA programme to deliver emergency obstetric and newborn care services to underserved communities, including riverine, rural, and hard-to-reach areas.
In the North-West, three state Polio Emergency Operations Centres (PEOCs) in Katsina, Kano, and Sokoto were commissioned. These centres, originally established in 2013 with support from the Gates Foundation and managed since inception by eHealth Africa, have been expanded, renovated, and re-equipped to strengthen each state's coordination of immunisation, disease surveillance, and outbreak response.
The President also commissioned the newly constructed Gadon Kaya Primary Health Centre in Gwale Local Government Area, Kano, built under the Immunisation Plus and Malaria Progress by Accelerating Coverage and Transforming Services (IMPACT) Project.
Further, President Tinubu commissioned three tertiary hospital projects: the new two-storey Laboratory Complex at the University of Uyo Teaching Hospital, Akwa Ibom State, housing 16 dedicated laboratories, seminar rooms, a library, call rooms, and staff offices; the new Administrative Complex at the University of Nigeria Teaching Hospital, Ituku-Ozalla, Enugu State, inaugurated through a hybrid virtual ceremony; and the new Pharmacy Quality Control Laboratory at the Ahmadu Bello University Teaching Hospital, Shika, Zaria, Kaduna State, which provides regulatory-grade quality assurance for every medicine entering the hospital, operating through Microbiology, Chemistry, and Instrumentation units in full compliance with British Pharmacopoeia and United States Pharmacopoeia specifications.
In the North-East, the President commissioned the newly constructed Mental Health and Drug Rehabilitation Centre at the University of Maiduguri Teaching Hospital, a 50-bed specialist facility built to care for patients with psychological and drug-related conditions in a region that has borne the heaviest weight of conflict-related trauma in the country.
In the South-West, the President commissioned the Lagos Immunisation Supply Chain Hub at the Federal Medical Stores in Oshodi. Constructed under the World Bank-supported IMPACT Project, the Hub is the first completed facility under Nigeria's new Three-Hub Immunisation Supply Chain Model, designed to serve the South-West and South-South geopolitical zones.
At the virtual commissioning, President Tinubu said the day's health investments represent the most ambitious renewal of the country's healthcare infrastructure in a generation. "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."
The President commended the Coordinating Minister of Health and Social Welfare, the management of NEMSAS, the National Primary Health Care Development Agency, the World Bank, the Gates Foundation, eHealth Africa, the state governors, and the federal teaching hospitals that delivered the projects.
Figures released by the Federal Ministry of Health and Social Welfare on the occasion show that, under the Nigeria Health Sector Renewal Investment Initiative, nearly 3,000 primary health centres have been revitalised under the IMPACT programme, 27 Comprehensive Emergency Obstetric and Newborn Care sites established, and 1,602 Level 1 and 1,360 Level 2 health facilities revitalised across the six geopolitical zones in the past two years.
