President Bola Tinubu has approved the immediate upgrade of key health infrastructure and equipment across all six geo-political zones of the country.

A statement issued by his Special Adviser on Media and Publicity, Ajuri Ngelale, said the projects are in line with President Tinubu administration’s vision of overhauling the health and social welfare sector for enhanced service delivery to all Nigerians.

The projects, categorised into two sections, six teaching hospitals and ten other critical healthcare facilities, distributed across geopolitical zones, will see the selected institutions receiving upgrades and re-equipment with state-of-the-art medical facilities.

It also disclosed that the projects would be carried out by the Federal Ministry of Health and Social Welfare, in collaboration with the Nigeria Sovereign Investment Authority (NSIA).

The approved projects, according to the statement, were conceived as part of President Tinubu’s bid to ensure that world class cancer diagnosis and care is accessible across the country.

While the teaching hospitals are for the establishment of oncology and nuclear medicine centres per facility, the ten healthcare service expansion projects will be across the fields of radiology, clinical pathology, medical and radiation oncology, and cardiac catheterization.

According to the statement, the six teaching hospitals include University of Benin Teaching Hospital, Benin, (South-south); Ahmadu Bello University Teaching Hospital, Zaria (Northwest); University of Nigeria (Nsukka) Teaching Hospital (Southeast); Federal Teaching Hospital, Katsina (Northwest); University of Jos Teaching Hospital, Jos (North-central); and Lagos University Teaching Hospital, Lagos (Southwest).

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