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Hamzat Donates ₦80m to Equip St Agnes Medical Centre, Boost Healthcare Access
to support its equipping and commencement of full operations.
Dr Kadri Obafemi Hamzat, Deputy Governor of Lagos State and All Progressives Congress (APC) governorship candidate, has donated ₦80 million to St Agnes Medical Centre, Maryland, to support its equipping and commencement of full operations.
The donation was announced by the Commissioner for Waterfront Infrastructure Development, Dayo Bush-Alebiosu, who represented Hamzat at the 2026 Thanksgiving and Bazaar of St Agnes Catholic Church, Maryland.
Hamzat said the annual event, themed “Harvest of Grace and Gratitude”, provided an opportunity to mobilise resources for projects that would positively affect people’s lives.
He noted that this year’s fundraising was particularly significant because it was dedicated to supporting the medical centre, which requires additional equipment to expand healthcare services to the community.
The ₦80 million contribution will support the purchase of medical equipment, including facilities for an Intensive Care Unit (ICU).
Established as a modest parish clinic in 1996, the medical centre has since been developed into a facility with an eye care unit, diagnostic and monitoring unit, maternal and child health centre, wards, consulting rooms, rehabilitation unit and emergency response unit.
Although the facility has been completed and blessed, with skeletal services already operating, additional equipment and staffing are required to make it fully operational.
Its planned multiple-bed ICU is expected to provide critical care services to residents of Maryland, Anthony, Ikeja, Ojota and neighbouring communities, reducing the need to transfer critically ill patients to distant hospitals.
Speaking at the event, the Parish Priest, Rev. Fr. Theodore Martinos, said the fundraising was aimed at providing the equipment needed to improve healthcare delivery.
He said, “We need to use the gifts God has blessed us with, which are the fruits of our labour, to supply medical equipment needed to enhance our medical facility, the St Agnes Medical Centre.”
The Chairman of the Harvest Committee, Odion Aleobua, described the donation as a significant boost to efforts to operationalise the facility.
The senior cabinet member said the funds would enable the church to move closer to making the medical centre fully functional.
The donation comes as Hamzat outlines his healthcare priorities ahead of the 2027 Lagos governorship election, including plans to expand the Ilera Eko health insurance scheme from its current 1.4 million enrollees to cover one in every three residents of the state.
