The Lagos State Deputy Governor and All Progressives Congress governorship candidate for the 2027 election, Obafemi Hamzat, has pledged to expand the state’s health insurance coverage to one in every three residents and upgrade about 150 primary healthcare centres to round-the-clock facilities if elected governor.
Hamzat said the proposed expansion would improve access to healthcare, protect residents from the financial burden of illness and ensure that more communities had access to functional primary healthcare services.
He also promised to expand bed capacity in nine general hospitals, complete ongoing hospital projects and establish a new university of medicine to increase the number of doctors trained in the state.
The deputy governor made the commitments on Sunday during the Lagos Governorship Debate organised by the Nigeria Debate Consortium, a coalition of media organisations comprising The PUNCH, Channels Television, TVC News, TheCable and Vanguard Newspaper, ahead of the 2027 governorship election.
Hamzat said expanding
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