Koko Maxwella 
NASARAWA, Nigeria – Residents of Ogbere community in Toto Local Government Area of Nasarawa State describe their Primary Healthcare Centre as a “death trap,” urging urgent government intervention to prevent avoidable deaths.
Speaking in Lafia on Thursday, youth leader Musa Jameel says the facility’s deplorable condition has led to repeated loss of lives, particularly among pregnant women and children.
“Our mothers are dying while giving life. The healthcare centre that should save lives has become a graveyard,” Jameel says.
He laments that the centre lacks medical personnel, essential drugs, electricity and basic equipment, forcing residents to travel long distances for care. “There are no doctors, no nurses, no drugs—nothing. The building stands, but inside, there is no life,” he adds.
Jameel appeals to Governor Abdullahi Sule to direct the Ministry of Health and the State Primary Health Care Development Agency to urgently rehabilitate the centre.
He also calls for the deployment of qualified staff and the establishment of 24-hour emergency services.
He urges Toto LGA Chairman, Ahmed Baba Yahaya, to extend his developmental efforts to Ogbere, describing the community as “forgotten for too long.”
Meanwhile, the Executive Secretary of the Nasarawa State Primary Health Care Development Agency, Dr Usman Iskilu-Saleh, confirms that the Federal Government and World Bank are revitalising 58 PHCs across the state. “These facilities will operate 24 hours daily to improve healthcare delivery,” Iskilu-Saleh says.
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