The recent report that 97% of assessed Primary Healthcare Centres across 16 states failed to meet the national staffing standard is not merely a statistic; it can be extrapolated nationwide, where about 80% of PHCs are not functioning. It reflects a serious risk.
Health is the primary measure of development in any nation and forms the foundation of healthcare. A country cannot build a healthy, productive population if its Primary Healthcare Centres lack the necessary staff to care for the people.
Behind every understaffed PHC is a pregnant woman who might not receive timely care, and a child who could die from a preventable illness. That is why Nigeria is currently classified among the most challenging and poorest places to be born and to live.
Healthcare should not be a privilege reserved for the wealthy. It is a basic responsibility of government. Progress is not best measured by flyovers, new bus stops, or airports that are rarely used. Instead, we should measure it by the number of lives saved, the number of operational health centres, the availability of qualified health workers, and the quality of care provided to ordinary Nigerians.
We cannot create a New Nigeria while allowing our people to die from issues that a functioning Primary Healthcare system should prevent. Our priorities must be clear: invest in our people, strengthen Primary Healthcare, recruit and retain essential health workers, and ensure every Nigerian, regardless of location or income, has access to quality, affordable healthcare.
A New Nigeria is POssible. -PO
Dangote Refinery increases petrol price to #1350/litre
No Govt in the world keen on governing leaves energy and issues around it to market forces of demand and supply. The middle East issues are escalating, the Tinubu admin will understand how they shot themselves on the leg
Headline: Fuel jumps to 1,300naira per litre.
*Award-winning journalist on award-winning tv station interviewing a government official*
“So let’s talk about Peter Obi’s time as Anambra governor”
Thieves and sycophants!!!
More good news.
Don Anele Munachimso also won gold in Science.
He is the best in world science.
Remember, he is the best in IGCSE Chemistry in Nigeria.
The investment is worth it.
This math teacher, Anthony Iwegbu, walked up to me today to tell me that he is the first in his lineage to have gone abroad. He said that bringing him to Rome, all expenses paid, will change his life forever as a teacher.
At first I didn’t believe it, but I’m happy that his effort as a teacher has made that possible for him.
I really love to see our teachers excel. They have been neglected for so long.
Do you know what it means for a foreign ambassador to go to a FEDERAL building and visit a FEDERAL official?
The embassy would have done its homework
1. Is he a fraudster? No, EFCC cleared him
2. Does he have Presidential backing? Yes, his organisation is listed not just in the FEDERAL budget but in the PRESIDENCY allocation in the Federal Budget
3. Is this a case of federal approval, federal budget, or impersonation? No, hehosted seminars in the FEDERAL capital attended by FEDERAL officers
The error made here was the President’s spokesman getting involved. Or now makes this a conspiracy.
Next time you go to the embassy with VALID “official documents” and they are rejected, don't complain