Lagos State faces a severe shortage of doctors and nurses that could take centuries to resolve without urgent intervention, Health Commissioner Prof. Akin Abayomi has warned. Abayomi spoke on Wednesday during the Lagos State Primary Health Care Financing Retreat on Advancing Sustainable Health Systems in Lagos: A 10-Year PHC Financing Plan. He identified workforce shortages as the greatest crisis confronting the health sector and urged local government chairmen to support ongoing reforms. “We have problems in health. The main crisis is the workforce. We have a serious shortage of doctors and nurses,” Abayomi said. According to him, Lagos, with nearly…
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The Revenue Mobilisation Allocation and Fiscal Commission (RMAFC) says its ongoing nationwide data verification exercise is aimed at ensuring accurate and reliable data for revenue sharing among states and local government areas. Prof. Adekunle Wright, RMAFC Commissioner, who led the delegation to Kebbi State, stated this at the inauguration of the exercise in Birnin Kebbi on Wednesday. Wright described the exercise as a critical national assignment that would strengthen the integrity of indices used for revenue distribution across the federation. He said it aligns with the commission’s constitutional mandate under Paragraph 32(b) of Part I of the Third Schedule to…
The Lagos State Government has unveiled a comprehensive 10-year Primary Healthcare (PHC) Financing Plan (2026–2036) aimed at expanding functional health centres and achieving universal health insurance coverage. Prof. Akin Abayomi, Lagos State Commissioner for Health, introduced the plan during a two-day retreat in Lekki focused on developing a sustainable and accountable funding model for the state’s growing population. The retreat themed “Advancing Sustainable Health Systems in Lagos: A 10-Year PHC Financing Plan” aligns with the Lagos State Development Plan 2052 (LSDP 2052), a 30-year roadmap to overhaul the health system, strengthen primary care, and reverse poor maternal and child health…
Members of the Ekiti State Executive Council on Wednesday donated N100 million to support the re-election bid of Governor Biodun Oyebanji ahead of the June 20 governorship election. This was disclosed in a statement by the Chief Press Secretary to the Governor, Mr Yinka Oyebode, in Ado-Ekiti. Oyebode said the donation was announced during a meeting at the State Executive Council Chamber, Governor’s Office, Ado-Ekiti. He noted that the council members described the donation as “a token” of their love, loyalty, and commitment to the governor’s second-term bid. Presenting the cheque on behalf of the members, the Secretary to the…
The management of MainPower Electricity Distribution Limited (MEDL) has charged its staff and customers to remain committed to electricity safety, stressing that “electricity does not forgive mistakes.” The Managing Director of MEDL, Dr. Ernest Mupwaya, gave the charge while declaring open the company’s Safety Week on Wednesday in Enugu. Mupwaya urged everyone to remain disciplined and build a strong safety culture. “Let us build a culture where safety is lived every day and every life is protected,” he said. He called on staff and customers to work safely, look out for one another, and speak up when things go wrong.…
The World Health Organisation (WHO) says Africa is training more health workers than ever before, yet millions of people still lack access to healthcare. At the same time, hundreds of thousands of trained professionals remain unemployed or are migrating out of the continent. In a report launched on Wednesday titled ‘The State of the Health Workforce in Africa 2026: Plan. Train. Retain’, WHO called for a deliberate shift linking education, employment, retention, quality, productivity, and investment to resolve the paradox of growing personnel numbers alongside unmet health needs. The report was launched at the Second Africa Health Workforce Investment Forum…
The Federal Government will close one full carriageway of the Eko Bridge in Lagos State for urgent repairs. The Minister of Works, Senator Dave Umahi, made this known on Wednesday in Lagos during the site handover of the Carter Bridge to China Civil Engineering Construction Corporation (CCECC). “By midnight on Sunday, that full carriageway must be closed while the other carriageway remains open. “I am directing the Director of Bridges and the Controller of Works in Lagos to liaise with the Lagos State Government, mount a public awareness campaign, and identify alternative routes,” Umahi said. “We will not allow people…
The Enugu State Government invested a total of N439.2 million in nutrition and related health interventions in 2025 to improve child survival and development. Dr. Ifeyinwa Ani-Osheku, Executive Secretary of the Enugu State Primary Health Care Development Agency, disclosed this at a two-day Joint Inception and Planning Meeting in Awka, Anambra State, on Wednesday. The meeting, organised for stakeholders from Enugu and Benue States, focused on preventing malnutrition in the first 1,000 days of life. It was facilitated by the United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) in collaboration with the Enugu and Benue State Governments, with funding from the United States…
The Enugu State Government has unveiled plans to construct a 660-megawatt coal-fired power plant starting from July to boost electricity supply in the state. Governor Peter Mbah made the disclosure during a solidarity visit by the Organised Private Sector Nigeria (OPSN), Enugu State chapter, at the Government House on Wednesday. The OPSN is an umbrella body comprising the Nigeria Employers’ Consultative Association (NECA), Manufacturers Association of Nigeria (MAN), Nigerian Association of Small-Scale Industrialists (NASSI), Nigerian Association of Small and Medium Enterprises (NASME), and the Enugu Chamber of Commerce, Industry, Mines and Agriculture (ECCIMA). The group also endorsed Governor Mbah for…
The Nigerian Content Development and Monitoring Board (NCDMB) says ongoing reforms in the oil and gas sector are attracting billions of dollars in new investments and restoring investor confidence. Executive Secretary of NCDMB, Mr. Felix Ogbe, stated this at the 2026 Original Equipment Manufacturers (OEMs) Investment Forum, held on the sidelines of the Offshore Technology Conference (OTC) in Houston, Texas, USA. Ogbe, who was represented by the Director of Planning, Research and Statistics, NCDMB, Mr. Silas Ajimijaye, said Nigeria had moved beyond its traditional image as a high-potential market to become a destination delivering measurable investment returns. “Nigeria is no…