- Gayi Primary Health Centre serves 8,000+ residents in deplorable condition
- No electricity, no beds, no clean water, no essential drugs or staff accommodation
- N4.8bn budget for Kebbi PHC board, but only N388m spent in six months
Gayi Primary Health Centre in Kalgo Local Government Area of Kebbi State is in a state of total disrepair despite serving over 8,000 residents across five communities.
Eko Hot Blog report that acivic watchdog group, MonITng, raised the alarm on Thursday after a monitoring visit, calling the conditions inside the facility “heartbreaking and unacceptable.”
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While the building’s exterior has been given a fresh coat of paint, the inside tells a grim story: shattered windows, empty rooms, no beds, no power, and no clean water.
“Patients, including women and children, are forced to sleep on mats during treatment,” the group stated via its verified X (Twitter) page, in an appeal directed at Kebbi State Governor Nasir Idris.
Worse still, there are no full-time medical personnel on site. Staff are reportedly sleeping in offices due to the lack of accommodation, a situation MonITng says is putting both workers and patients at risk.
“This is not just infrastructure failure. It is governance failure,” the group declared.
Despite Gayi PHC being the only healthcare facility for several communities, it lacks basic amenities and medical essentials. Women and children reportedly flood the centre daily, only to find empty shelves and no drugs.
In a powerful call to action, MonITng urged the state government to move beyond cosmetic fixes:
“It is not enough to paint the walls. What the people need is functional beds, qualified staff, essential drugs, water supply, electricity, and dignity.”
The watchdog also tagged the Federal Ministry of Health and the National Primary Health Care Development Agency, urging coordinated efforts to upgrade the centre.
It was further revealed that although the Kebbi State Primary Healthcare Development Board has a 2025 budget of ₦4.8 billion, only ₦388 million had been disbursed between January and June, a troubling sign of underutilised public funds.
The people of Kalgo are waiting. For them, Gayi PHC is not just a building. It is their only lifeline.
