Nigeria, Dec. 15 -- The Coordinating Minister of Health and Social Welfare, Muhammad Pate, has revealed that Nigeria recorded a significant increase in the utilisation of primary healthcare (PHC) facilities between 2023 and 2025.

Mr Pate, who spoke on Sunday during an interview on Channels Television's Politics Today, said the country also recorded a decline in maternal and newborn deaths within the same period.

He described the development as early gains from ongoing health sector reforms under President Bola Tinubu's administration.

Mr Pate said more than 80 million visits were recorded at federally supported PHCs in the first half of 2025, compared to about 20 million visits in 2023, representing nearly fourfold increase in utilisat...