President Bola Tinubu has approved the creation of more than 8,800 new Primary Healthcare Centres across Nigeria and the upgrading of key hospitals to handle trauma, cancer treatment, and infectious disease control.
Vice President Kashim Shettima revealed this on Saturday while commissioning the newly built Sulaiman Adebola Adegunwa Trauma Centre at the Olabisi Onabanjo University Teaching Hospital in Sagamu, Ogun State.
Shettima urged the private sector to actively support the government’s ongoing healthcare reforms, noting that the government alone cannot meet the country’s healthcare demands.
He praised the trauma centre as a vital step in strengthening emergency medical care in Nigeria.
The Vice President explained that the new trauma centre was part of the federal government’s Health Sector Renewal Investment Initiative, which includes expanding health infrastructure and improving services through national health insurance and digital health data systems.
He described the facility as a “lifeline” and a model of how the private sector can contribute to public welfare, lauding the donor, Chief Sulaiman Adebola Adegunwa, for his generosity.
The centre was donated by the Sulaiman Adebola Adegunwa Foundation as part of Adegunwa’s commitment to give back to the community.
The philanthropist, who turned 80 on the same day, said he had made it a personal mission since his 56th birthday to support education and healthcare.
The Governor of Ogun State, Prince Dapo Abiodun, praised Adegunwa as a visionary entrepreneur and philanthropist. He recalled the poor state of the teaching hospital when he assumed office in 2019 and celebrated its transformation today.
Also speaking at the event, the Chairman of the Hospital Board, Dr. Kunle Hassan, revealed that although the original budget for the centre was N800 million, Chief Adegunwa ended up spending over N2 billion to complete and equip the facility.
The Akarigbo of Remoland, Oba Babatunde Adewale Ajayi, thanked the federal government for the support and called for greater federal presence in the area, noting the absence of any federal universities or polytechnics in Remoland.
