Muyi Aina, executive director/CEO of the National Primary Health Care Development Agency (NPHCDA) disclosed this at a quarterly briefing on Thursday.
He said 3,526 facilities had been completely renovated, commissioned and handed over to states or relevant organisations, while refurbishment and construction work was ongoing in another 908 facilities.
According to him, the facilities are spread across every state and almost every local government area in the country, with the agency adopting an equity-based approach to prioritise communities with limited access to healthcare.
The DG said the revitalisation programme was designed to make quality primary healthcare more accessible, particularly in areas where residents have limited alternatives.
He acknowledged that the condition of primary healthcare facilities was poor when the current reform programme began but said the agency had made progress in improving their readiness to provide services.
He said Level 2 primary healthcare centres had increased by more than 59% compared with March 2024, adding that 53% of the approximately 27,000 PHCs initially identified as active were functioning at either Level 1 or Level 2.
Aina explained that Level 2 facilities were required to have reliable electricity, water and sanitation, making solar power installations and improved water systems important components of the revitalisation programme.
The agency has also introduced a live dashboard to provide information on the location of primary healthcare centres and the services available at each facility. The platform, accessible at phc.mphcda.gov.ng, allows Nigerians to identify facilities closest to them using geolocation.
On healthcare utilisation, the NPHCDA boss said quarterly service contacts at primary healthcare facilities had increased from below 30 million at the beginning of the programme to between 43 million and 45 million currently. Attendance peaked at 46 million at some point in 2025, he added.
Aina said the increase was reflected across service areas, including antenatal care and immunisation, indicating growing engagement with primary healthcare facilities.
Beyond infrastructure, the CEO said the agency is also expanding the training of frontline health workers. The CEO said the President had directed the retraining of 120,000 frontline health workers, with more than 70,000 already retrained.
He added that the agency was beginning the retraining of about 23,000 community-based health workers to extend healthcare services to remote communities that could not be reached quickly through conventional health facilities.
On maternal health, he said the Maternal and Newborn Mortality Reduction Initiative had expanded beyond its initial 172 local government areas, with 773,200 pregnant women linked to primary healthcare centres and tracked across 10 states for which the agency had data.
Aina said deliveries attended by skilled birth attendants increased by about 17% between January and August 2026 compared with the same period in 2025.
Kelechi Ohiri, director-general of the National Health Insurance Authority (NHIA), informed that Nigeria has recorded a 42% increase in health insurance coverage, with the number of enrollees rising from about 16 million in January 2024 to 23.02 million.
Ohiri said the increase reflected ongoing efforts to expand access to affordable healthcare, strengthen health insurance coverage and reduce the financial burden of medical expenses on Nigerians.
According to him, at least 3.18 million poor and vulnerable Nigerians have been enrolled in health insurance through the Basic Health Care Provision Fund.
He explained that thefund supports efforts to improve access to essential healthcare services, particularly for vulnerable populations, through the expansion of health insurance coverage and the strengthening of primary healthcare delivery.