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Tinubu: health is wealth.
By Tahir Ibrahim Tahir Talban Bauchi.
I can't help but be super excited by the news coming from FEC, Federal Executive Council, yesterday over President Bola Ahmed Tinubu’s approval for the construction, upgrade as well as equipping of various centres, departments, clinics and offices at the National Hospital Abuja. The NH built during the military era was quite a befitting centre for Nigerians seeking medical attention in the nation's capital back then, but sadly, has not gotten much attention in terms of development, expansion and equipping. It gradually became a shadow of itself. Staff accomodation too has dwindled as provisions are unable to cater for vital and emergency personnel that would be on call 24-7. More than twenty years after, it is getting the much needed financing to reposition it as one of Nigeria's premier health institutions. The FG is investing over half a trillion naira in the NH from its subsidy savings to make tangible the promises of Mr. President's Renewed Hope Health Agenda. This is operationalised through the Nigeria Health Sector Renewal Investment Initiative, NHSRII; led by the ministry of health and social welfare, headed by Prof. Muhammad Ali Pate.
A flagship National Institute for Cancer Research and Treatment Centre will be developed at a cost of N302.3 billion. This is specific to developing cancer research, treatment, innovation, and capacity building. This will give birth to a national institute christened NICRAT, National Institute for Cancer Research and Treatment. The design, construction, furnishing, equipping, supervision, and commissioning of the centre have all been approved by FEC, with a completion period of 36 months. A Neuroscience Institute is also to be constructed at the NH, at a cost of N69 billion. Prof. Pate announced that the Institute would provide dedicated infrastructure for neurosurgical, radiological, interventional, and rehabilitative services required by patients suffering from strokes, brain tumors, and other conditions affecting the brain and nervous system. Other developments include the construction of a new administrative and management block in the NH at a cost of N18.74 billion. The NH is also going to get new modular clinics, and theatres for the different medical specialities at a cost of N64.92 billion. Another aspect of the huge developmental projects at the NH is the construction of a high end wing at a cost of N103 billion with a completion period of 24 months, as announced by Prof. Pate.
Why am I genuinely excited about this? On the 5th of July, 2026, a little over a month ago, I was in Bauchi to witness the commissioning of a state of the art Radiology Diagnostics and Clinical Trials Centre at the ATBUTH, Abubakar Tafawa Balewa University Teaching Hospital worth billions of naira. This was done alongside the distribution of emergency obstetrics and newborncare equipment, commodities, and delivery kits worth N10 billion by Prof. Pate. At the event, the minister stressed the FG's desire to strengthen clinical research, innovation and evidence based healthcare development in Nigeria. "The centre is important for the diagnosis and treatment of diseases, inline with the FG's commitment to the efficient delivery of healthcare services across the country. So I can confirm that these developments are not "audio" developments. They are indeed very tangible healthcare assets being built across the country. Prof. Pate has delivered similar world class cancer treatment centres across the country so the National Hospital projects would certainly be delivered promptly. You can be guaranteed a better, repositioned and medically equipped National Hospital within 24 months. Such projects ofcourse are a source of joy for every well meaning Nigerian but it also gives me great pleasure that a son of Bauchi is championing these projects across the country. Thank you Prof for making us proud.
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Lionel Scaloni, you can’t keep getting away with this bad coaching.
Your tactics is just Messi and insha Allah, with unnecessarily old midfielders.
You’re simply not good.
@Mallam_jabeer Just imagine this happened in a Christian dominant settlement, it will be call Christian genocide. Ya Rab ease all the pain of Muslims ummah around the world.
Polio eradication infrastructure isn’t just to #EndPolio. In #DRC, @WHOAFRO polio response teams were rapidly redeployed to Kasai and helped reinforce surveillance, contact tracing and data management to support #Ebola outbreak control.
Read: https://t.co/yP6WyS9MYS
The Expanded Programme on Immunization (EPI) Managers’ Meeting for West Africa concluded today in Conakry.
It resulted in key recommendations:
🔸 strengthening political advocacy to increase domestic resources for vaccination
🔸 improving the integration of immunization into the health system
🔸 reducing coverage gaps and scaling up the Big Catch-Up (BCU)
🔸 leveraging data to target interventions
WHO and partners reaffirmed their commitment to ensuring rigorous follow-up on the implementation of these recommendations.
.@WHO warns that gonorrhoea, a sexually transmitted infection, is becoming increasingly resistant to antibiotics, according to new data from its Enhanced Gonococcal Antimicrobial Surveillance Programme (EGASP), which monitors the spread of drug-resistant gonorrhoea.
The report highlights the need to strengthen surveillance, improve diagnostic capacity and ensure equitable access to new treatments for STIs.
Read more: https://t.co/8cm3hCMtOs
#WAAW2025
.@WHO, as a founding partner and board member of the @GlobalFund, sees the Fund as family, and a living testament to what we can achieve when we invest in health.
Thanks in large part to the Global Fund, #HIV, #TB, and #malaria now kill half as many people as they did 20 years ago.
But these hard-won gains are at greater risk today than at any time since the Global Fund was created. Sudden, unplanned cuts to global aid, both bilateral and multilateral, threaten progress against public health, particularly HIV, TB, and malaria.
Replenishing the Global Fund is critical to safeguarding these achievements and accelerating progress against these three diseases.
My speech at the 8th Global Fund Replenishment, held during the #G20SouthAfrica Leaders’ Summit:
https://t.co/6CFOeI4AbG
To keep antibiotics effective for everyone, here’s what NOT to do:
❌ Do not use antibiotics for colds, flu or sore throats. Antibiotics do not treat viruses.
❌ Do not share your antibiotics with others.
❌ Do not save leftover antibiotics for use later.
Let’s protect life-saving medicines for everyone!
Learn more 👉 https://t.co/VU6gMWYyvq #AntimicrobialResistance (#AMR)
@ZariyiYusufu You f**king hypocrite, they weren’t killed because of their faith; they were killed as a result of terrorism, which affected every religions in Nigeria.