President Bola Tinubu has launched a wide-reaching healthcare expansion programme, commissioning new and upgraded healthcare facilities, emergency systems, and specialist centres across Nigeria’s six geopolitical zones as part of his administration’s third-year milestones.
President Bola Ahmed Tinubu on Friday presided over a nationwide rollout of healthcare projects, commissioning new and upgraded facilities across all six geopolitical zones in what government officials described as the most extensive single-day healthcare infrastructure deployment in Nigeria’s recent history.
The commissioning events formed part of activities marking the third anniversary of the current administration and focused on strengthening emergency response, specialist care, primary healthcare delivery, and medical logistics systems across the country.
In Abuja, the President inaugurated the Bola Tinubu Specialist Complex at the Federal Medical Centre, Jabi. The two-storey facility is designed to deliver integrated specialist services and includes consulting rooms, twin theatre suites, ENT and ophthalmology units, laboratories, pharmacies, VIP wards, and general wards.
At the Federal Ministry of Health and Social Welfare headquarters, he also launched the National Emergency Medical Service and Ambulance System (NEMSAS) emergency fleet. The deployment includes ambulances across land, water, and tricycle formats, alongside digital equipment to support coordination under the SAVEMAMA emergency programme targeting maternal and neonatal care in underserved regions.
In Lagos, a fleet of compressed natural gas-powered ambulances was flagged off for federal tertiary hospitals nationwide. The initiative is aimed at reducing operational costs, lowering emissions, and improving patient referral systems between hospitals.
Across the North-West, newly upgraded Polio Emergency Operations Centres in Katsina, Kano, and Sokoto were commissioned to strengthen disease surveillance and immunisation coordination. In Kano, the Gadon Kaya Primary Health Centre was also inaugurated under a World Bank-supported health intervention programme, alongside similar upgrades in Delta State’s Aboh Primary Health Centre in the South-South.
Additional projects included a laboratory complex at the University of Uyo Teaching Hospital, an administrative complex at the University of Nigeria Teaching Hospital in Enugu, and a pharmaceutical quality control laboratory at the Ahmadu Bello University Teaching Hospital in Zaria.
In the North-East, a 50-bed Mental Health and Drug Rehabilitation Centre was commissioned at the University of Maiduguri Teaching Hospital to address trauma and substance-related disorders in the region.
The South-West also benefited from the rollout with the commissioning of the Lagos Immunisation Supply Chain Hub in Oshodi, designed to improve vaccine distribution across multiple regions.
Speaking virtually during the event, President Tinubu stated that the initiatives represent a coordinated effort to rebuild Nigeria’s healthcare system and ensure equitable access to quality medical services nationwide.
Government data presented at the event showed that nearly 3,000 primary healthcare centres have been revitalised, alongside multiple emergency obstetric and newborn care facilities and over 2,900 additional health units upgraded under ongoing national health investment programmes.
The President commended health agencies, development partners, and state governments for their role in delivering the projects, noting that the reforms are aimed at strengthening Nigeria’s healthcare delivery architecture from the grassroots to tertiary levels.
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