Tinubu approves establishment of National Health Fellows programme

President Bola Tinubu has approved the establishment of the National Health Fellows Programme, with young Nigerian fellows to be engaged in all the 774 local government areas across the country.

The president also announced the construction of 8,800 new primary healthcare centres across all local government areas in the country. 

Presidential spokesman Ajuri Ngelale in a statement on Monday said the move was part of the determination of President Tinubu to “comprehensively upgrade existing primary healthcare centres and construct over 8,800 new primary healthcare centres across all local government areas in the country for accessible and qualitative healthcare delivery with the provision of new social accountability mechanisms.”

According to the president, the well-trained fellows will serve as fiduciary agents to monitor and track Primary Healthcare Centre development and performance, which is to be assiduously measured against all financial inflows to the centres nationwide.