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Health workers in scrubs at the nurses' station as Governor Dikko Umaru Radda tours a newly opened malnutrition stabilisation centre, April 2026

Photo: Katsina State Government

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268 primary health centres upgraded

PHCs upgraded towards one functional centre per ward, with some raised to general hospital standard, backed by ₦26.7 billion for health infrastructure.

268of 361 wards

PHCs upgraded

₦26.7bn

Health infrastructure

146

PHCs built or upgraded (₦13.45bn)

By February 2026, 268 primary health centres had been upgraded across the state's 361 wards, and ₦26.7 billion had been deployed to healthcare infrastructure.

Some PHCs have been rehabilitated to general hospital standard. In year one, upgrades began at Charanchi and Faskari to turn their health centres into general hospitals, and over 100 health workers were recruited, including doctors, nurses, midwives, pharmacists and laboratory scientists.

The anniversary magazine reports ₦13.45 billion spent constructing, upgrading and equipping 146 primary health centres, so that every LGA has at least four functional centres.

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Officials and newly recruited primary health care workers at their induction ceremony, February 2026
Photo: Katsina State Government
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