Fresh evidence gathered by SaharaReporters has exposed alarming decay, abandonment and severe shortages across several public health facilities in Ilaje Local Government Area of Ondo State, with community sources accusing the state government of neglecting primary healthcare centres serving thousands of residents.
Governor Lucky Aiyedatiwa is from Obe-Nla, an oil-bearing community in the Ilaje Local Government Area of Ondo State.
Videos and photographs obtained by SaharaReporters from community sources who visited multiple health facilities in the riverine area showed collapsing structures, broken hospital beds, locked and abandoned centres, a lack of medical personnel and the absence of basic equipment.
At Igbokoda Primary Health Centre, residents said that while the building itself remains standing, the facility has been crippled by deteriorating hospital beds and poor conditions that affect patient care.
“This is Igbokoda Health Centre located along secretariat road. The building is okay and the issue we are having here is that our hospital beds here are not okay. So we are calling on Ondo State Government and the Ministry of Health. We are calling on the commissioner of health in Ondo State to please and please help us change these hospital beds. They have to change all these hospital beds,” one of the community sources said in a video made available to SaharaReporters.
But conditions in other facilities appeared far worse.
At Orioke Iwamimo Health Centre, sources said the facility was locked during the visit and not operating, while the building itself was reportedly collapsing.
At Ebuta Ipare Health Centre, community members described a facility in advanced decay, with peeling walls, falling ceilings, lack of beds and no water supply.
According to the sources, patients seeking treatment there are often met with a facility that lacks even the most basic conditions for healthcare delivery.
The situation at General Hospital Igbokoda, which should serve as a major referral centre in the area, was also described as dire.
Community sources told SaharaReporters the hospital has only one doctor attending to patients, while suffering acute personnel shortages.
They also said the hospital lacks critical diagnostic equipment, including scanning and X-ray machines, while its solar power system has reportedly stopped working.
“All the beds are bad,” one source said, lamenting what residents described as the collapse of essential services in the hospital.
At Motoro Health Centre, sources said the facility has been completely abandoned, with no workers and no functioning medical facilities.
Gbabijo Health Centre, according to the sources, has partially collapsed after being damaged by rainstorm and wind, leaving the structure unsafe.
At Idiogba Health Centre, residents said the building is also in poor condition and urgently needs intervention.
The revelations have raised fresh concerns over the state of primary healthcare in rural communities in Ondo State, particularly in hard-to-reach riverine areas where public facilities often serve as the only option for poor residents.
The findings also come amid repeated claims by governments across Nigeria about investments in primary healthcare, even as many facilities remain without staff, equipment or functioning infrastructure.
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WATCH: Ondo Hospitals In Governor Aiyedatiwa’s Council Area In Abysmal Conditions, Buildings Near Collapse, Facilities Lack Doctors pic.twitter.com/ieAQ5Zq3Vc
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