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An economic expert, Dr Chiwuike Uba, has said 90 per cent of Primary Health Centres in Nigeria are not functional.

In a statement obtained by our correspondent, Uba said the situation needed urgent attention irrespective of the winner of the 2023 general election.

Uba also said the future of the Nigerian economy was supposed to be knowledge-driven

The statement read in part, “In the same, while Primary Healthcare Centres represent over 85 per cent of the over 39,000 hospitals and clinics in Nigeria, about 90 per cent of these PHCs are not functional. This  situation needs to be reversed in 2023, irrespective of who wins the elections.”

He called for increased investment in the health sector.

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