The Osun State Governorship Campaign Council of the All Progressives Congress (APC) has strongly criticised the administration of Governor Ademola Adeleke over what it described as the worsening state of healthcare delivery in the state.
The opposition party accused the Adeleke administration of taking Osun’s health sector “back to the stone age,” following a recent assessment by the National Primary Health Care Development Agency (NPHCDA), which reportedly ranked Osun among states with poorly functioning primary healthcare facilities.
In a statement signed by the Head of Media and Publicity Committee of the APC Governorship Campaign Council, Engr. Oluremi Omowaiye, the party referenced a report published by The Punch on May 11, 2026, which allegedly placed Osun in the 35th position nationally in terms of functional primary health centres.
According to the APC, the report also indicated that Osun recorded the second-highest number of non-operational primary health centres in Nigeria, with 326 facilities said to be lying dormant.
The party stated that the development validated its long-standing criticism of the Adeleke administration’s handling of the healthcare sector.
The APC contrasted the current situation with what it described as achievements recorded under the immediate past administration of former Governor Adegboyega Oyetola. According to the statement, Osun was ranked sixth nationally in the same assessment during the APC administration, with an 87 percent performance rating in the August/September 2022 evaluation.
The party further claimed that the Oyetola administration reconstructed general hospitals in Ifetedo and Ejigbo and revitalised over 332 primary health centres across the state. It also highlighted the construction of a 120-bed ward and 30 residential flats for medical doctors at the State Specialist Hospital, Asubiaro, Osogbo.
The APC accused the Adeleke government of failing to improve on the healthcare infrastructure inherited from the previous administration, alleging that the government merely repainted existing health centres and changed project plaques to claim ownership of completed projects.
The statement also alleged that over 500 health professionals recruited during the Oyetola administration, including doctors, pharmacists, and radiologists, were dismissed without replacement, thereby worsening manpower shortages in state-owned hospitals.
The campaign council further claimed that healthcare services in the state have become unaffordable for many residents, alleging that pregnant women now pay as much as N500,000 for Caesarean Section procedures in some state-owned hospitals.
The APC additionally referenced reports alleging that health equipment was moved from the federally-owned Child and Mother Hospital in Osogbo to support accreditation efforts at the state university teaching hospital.
While accusing the Adeleke administration of failing in governance, the APC said the governor’s campaign team has resorted to focusing on the internal affairs of the opposition party rather than addressing challenges facing the state.
The party maintained that residents of Osun State are prepared to vote for change in the August 15 governorship election and expressed confidence in the candidacy of the APC flag-bearer, Asiwaju Munirudeen Bola Oyebamiji (AMBO).
The statement was signed by Engr. Oluremi Omowaiye on behalf of the Osun APC Governorship Campaign Council on Thursday, May 15, 2026.
Full text below:
PRESS STATEMENT
*Adeleke Has Taken Osun Health Sector Back To Stone Age — Osun APC Campaign Council*
*As National Primary Health Care Development Agency ( NPHCDA) Ranks Osun As State With Second-Highest Number of Non-Operational Primary Health Centres, with 326 Facilities Lying Dormant*
The Osun APC Governorship Campaign Council has blasted the administration of Ademola Adeleke for taking the health sector of Osun State back to the primitive age where life, according to Thomas Hobbes, was "nasty, brutish and short."
The recent assessment of the National Primary Health Care Development Agency, as published by The Punch newspaper of 11th May, 2026, has placed Osun State in the unfortunate 35th position among states with functional primary health centres in the country.
According to the agency, Osun State recorded the second worst highest number of non-operational primary health centres in Nigeria with 326 facilities lying dormant.
The latest assessment is a confirmation of the constant criticism of our party over the years concerning the nonchalant attitude of the Adeleke administration towards healthcare delivery.
This embarrassing and disgraceful report is a sharp contrast to the giant strides recorded under the APC administration of Adegboyega Oyetola.
Under the APC government, Osun State was rated 6th position by the same federal agency with an outstanding performance score of 87% in the assessment conducted in August/September of 2022. Before the Oyetola administration, the state had been adjudged 32nd with a miserable 8% performance rating.
The APC ensured General Hospitals in Ifetedo and Ejigbo, among other places, were reconstructed while no fewer than 332 primary health centres were fully revitalized across the state. At the State Specialist Hospital, Asubiaro, Osogbo, the last APC government built a 120-bed ward with a state-of-the-art amenities and equally constructed 30 flats for medical doctors in order to improve healthcare delivery and welfare for health personnel.
Sadly today, the administration of Governor Adeleke has brought calamity upon the health sector in the state as healthcare has become insanely expensive, being one of the major sources of Internally Generated Revenue (IGR) for the government. Medical services and drugs are now far beyond the reach of the average citizen. For any pregnant woman to undergo a Caesarean Section (CS) in a state-owned hospital, she must be prepared to cough out not less than N500,000---an amount comparable to what is charged in some private hospitals.
Rather than improving on the primary health management bequeathed to it by the previous administration, the Adeleke government repainted the inherited health centres and surreptitiously and mischievously changed the commissioning plaques to claim credits for projects previously done and commissioned by the Oyetola's government.
The state hospitals are grossly understaffed as 515 medical doctors, pharmacists, radiologists and other health professionals painstakingly recruited by the Oyetola administration were illegally and maniacally sacked by the Adeleke government without any replacement till date.
In almost four years of the Adeleke administration, not a single flat has been added to the 30 residential flats built by the Oyetola administration for medical doctors.
Only last year, there were disturbing reports alleging that officials of the state government looted and moved health equipment from the federal government-owned Child and Mother Hospital, Osogbo, for the purpose of securing accreditation for programmes at the state university teaching hospital Osogbo because the Adeleke administration failed to invest in its own facility, therefore the hospital lacked the required equipment for accreditation.
But instead of bringing heads together to reverse the terrible healthcare situation in the state, the hopeless re-election campaign council of Governor Adeleke has continued to thrive on inanities and motor-park discussions about who was or was not disqualified in our party.
The empty campaign narrative of the Adeleke government is a clear indication that the administration has failed woefully in the last four years. Having nothing tangible to campaign with, its promoters have become obsessively concerned with the internal affairs of our great party.
The people of Osun State are no longer swayed by the lies, propaganda and empty rhetoric of Governor Adeleke. They are eagerly waiting to show him the way out on August 15 and usher in a more prepared, focused and serious administrator in the person of our flag-bearer, Asiwaju Munirudeen Bola Oyebamiji (AMBO). With AMBO, Osun will be directed to the path of progress and intentional development.
Signed:
Engr Oluremi Omowaiye
Head, Media and Publicity Committee
Osun APC Governorship Campaign Council
15th May, 2026
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