Salamatu Isa writes on the transformation of health care delivery system in the 19 Northern States since President Bola Tinubu assumed office over two years ago.
In a modest Primary Health Centre tucked deep in Yobe State, Fatimah cradled her newborn with a mix of relief and disbelief. The delivery had been safe, the midwife skilled, and the treatment free. For a region long plagued by maternal mortality and fragile health infrastructure, such a story once felt rare. But today, across Northern Nigeria, it is becoming part of a larger, deliberate shift backed by bold political will and quiet structural reforms.
Since taking office, President Bola Tinubu has made it clear that healthcare reform in Nigeria would not be rhetorical. It would be deliberate, driven by investment, community trust, and long-overdue system realignment. Hence, what was once a sector defined by systemic rot is now showing signs of rebirth, with bold reforms, unprecedented investments, particularly in the North, where the fault lines of inequality often run deepest. Of a truth, the results are beginning to tell their own stories.