Lagos set to rehabilitate dilapidated schools, health centres

The Lagos State government has said it would concentrate on rehabilitation of schools and primary health centres (PHCs) in the state in the next six months in order to bring about conducive atmosphere for learning and facilitate access to quality health care delivery at the grassroots. Special Adviser to Governor Akinwunmi Ambode on Primary Health […]

The Lagos State government has said it would concentrate on rehabilitation of schools and primary health centres (PHCs) in the state in the next six months in order to bring about conducive atmosphere for learning and facilitate access to quality health care delivery at the grassroots.
Special Adviser to Governor Akinwunmi Ambode on Primary Health Care, Dr. Olufemi Onanuga gave the hint at the weekend during the commissioning of two PHCs rehabilitated by the Ojokoro Local Council Development Area (LCDA).
According to Onanuga, the state government had concluded plans to immediately embark on massive transformation of the 294 PHCs across the state to international best standards.
He said: “Lagos State has a lot of PHCs on ground. There are 294 of such in the state. Some are disused; some are dilapidated; some are functioning.
“Governor Ambode even brought up the issue at the State Executive Council meeting. His emphasis now is on social service – health delivery system, education and social welfare in terms of empowerment and employment of the people.
“If you look at some of our schools, they are in serious state of disrepair and the governor wants to focus on this by making our schools to be of international standard. He wants to make our PHCs to be at par with what is obtainable in the developed world. Also on social welfare, he wants to make an improvement in terms of empowerment of the people and employment for the unemployed.”
He commended the Executive Secretary of the LCDA, Mrs Fausat Olajokun for a job well done, adding that the level of work done at the health centres was highly commendable and in tune with the health programmes of the state government.
Earlier, Olajokun said her motivation to embark on the project was borne out of the need to ensure the people of the area live disease-free life, and to have increased access to qualitative health care delivery.