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Thousands in Kogi’s Uhuodo Community Left Without Healthcare as PHC Remains Abandoned for Over 10 Years
December 19, 2025 | News
Residents of Uhuodo community in Okehi Local Government Area, Kogi State, have been left without access to basic healthcare for more than a decade. The community’s only Primary Health Care (PHC) facility has remained locked, abandoned, and non-functional despite repeated government promises.
A recent report by MonITNG, based on a visit by the Tracka monitoring team, described the PHC as “deeply disturbing,” showing visible signs of neglect and severe disrepair. The Officer-in-Charge confirmed that multiple appeals to authorities yielded no action, leaving residents, including pregnant women, children, and the elderly, without essential medical services.
The report also highlighted that, despite the Federal Ministry of Health releasing ₦32.9 billion via the Basic Health Care Provision Fund (BHCPF) to improve PHCs nationwide, many facilities—including Uhuodo’s—remain in decay. Nationwide, PHCs face issues like broken infrastructure, shortages of staff and drugs, unreliable electricity, and lack of clean water.
MonITNG urged transparency in BHCPF fund usage and called on the Kogi State Government and federal agencies to urgently reconstruct, equip, and reopen the Uhuodo PHC. The organization stressed: “Healthcare is a right, not a privilege. Nigerians deserve results, not rhetoric.”
For Uhuodo residents, the continued closure of their only PHC underscores the human cost of systemic neglect in Nigeria’s primary healthcare system.
December 19, 2025 | News
Residents of Uhuodo community in Okehi Local Government Area, Kogi State, have been left without access to basic healthcare for more than a decade. The community’s only Primary Health Care (PHC) facility has remained locked, abandoned, and non-functional despite repeated government promises.
A recent report by MonITNG, based on a visit by the Tracka monitoring team, described the PHC as “deeply disturbing,” showing visible signs of neglect and severe disrepair. The Officer-in-Charge confirmed that multiple appeals to authorities yielded no action, leaving residents, including pregnant women, children, and the elderly, without essential medical services.
The report also highlighted that, despite the Federal Ministry of Health releasing ₦32.9 billion via the Basic Health Care Provision Fund (BHCPF) to improve PHCs nationwide, many facilities—including Uhuodo’s—remain in decay. Nationwide, PHCs face issues like broken infrastructure, shortages of staff and drugs, unreliable electricity, and lack of clean water.
MonITNG urged transparency in BHCPF fund usage and called on the Kogi State Government and federal agencies to urgently reconstruct, equip, and reopen the Uhuodo PHC. The organization stressed: “Healthcare is a right, not a privilege. Nigerians deserve results, not rhetoric.”
For Uhuodo residents, the continued closure of their only PHC underscores the human cost of systemic neglect in Nigeria’s primary healthcare system.
Thousands in Kogi’s Uhuodo Community Left Without Healthcare as PHC Remains Abandoned for Over 10 Years
December 19, 2025 | News
Residents of Uhuodo community in Okehi Local Government Area, Kogi State, have been left without access to basic healthcare for more than a decade. The community’s only Primary Health Care (PHC) facility has remained locked, abandoned, and non-functional despite repeated government promises.
A recent report by MonITNG, based on a visit by the Tracka monitoring team, described the PHC as “deeply disturbing,” showing visible signs of neglect and severe disrepair. The Officer-in-Charge confirmed that multiple appeals to authorities yielded no action, leaving residents, including pregnant women, children, and the elderly, without essential medical services.
The report also highlighted that, despite the Federal Ministry of Health releasing ₦32.9 billion via the Basic Health Care Provision Fund (BHCPF) to improve PHCs nationwide, many facilities—including Uhuodo’s—remain in decay. Nationwide, PHCs face issues like broken infrastructure, shortages of staff and drugs, unreliable electricity, and lack of clean water.
MonITNG urged transparency in BHCPF fund usage and called on the Kogi State Government and federal agencies to urgently reconstruct, equip, and reopen the Uhuodo PHC. The organization stressed: “Healthcare is a right, not a privilege. Nigerians deserve results, not rhetoric.”
For Uhuodo residents, the continued closure of their only PHC underscores the human cost of systemic neglect in Nigeria’s primary healthcare system.
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