Nigeria only has 40,017 functional hospitals and clinics across the 36 states of the federation and the Federal Capital Territory, according to data acquired from the Federal Ministry of Health’s health facilities registration.

The government and private sector operators share ownership of the health institutions.

The states of Bayelsa, Borno, and Ekiti were found to have the fewest working hospitals and clinics in the country.

According to the data, 10,655 functional institutions are privately administered and exist at various levels of care, including primary, secondary, and tertiary.

The number of functional hospitals and clinics in states like Bayelsa, Borno, Ekiti, the FCT, Gombe, Rivers, Yobe, and Zamfara is under 800.

Despite the fact that Lagos State has the most functional hospitals, it was discovered that 1,875 of the 2,333 hospitals and clinics were privately owned, leaving 458 facilities under federal, state, and local government authority.

The states with their respectively functional facilities include: Abia, 1,196; Adamawa, 906; Akwa Ibom, 818; Anambra, 1,166; Bauchi, 1,225; Bayelsa, 311; Benue, 1,837; Borno, 539; Cross River, 1,280; Delta, 821; Ebonyi, 830; Edo, 1,042; Ekiti, 570; Enugu, 1,037; the FCT, 767; and Gombe, 671.

Others are Imo, 1,197; Jigawa, 769; Kaduna, 1,419; Kano, 1,476; Katsina, 1,942; Kebbi, 956; Kogi, 1,235; Kwara, 995; Lagos, 2,333; Nasarawa, 1,357; Niger, 1,565; Ogun, 1,197; Ondo, 823; Osun, 1,067; Oyo, 1,490; Plateau, 1,470; Rivers, 586; Sokoto, 841; Taraba, 944; Yobe, 585; and Zamfara, 777.

Rtn. Victor Ojelabi

Ojelabi, the publisher of Freelanews, is an award winning and professionally trained mass communicator and a recipient of the D9112 Superstar Icon Award, who writes ruthlessly about pop culture, religion, politics and entertainment.