Do people shape society or does society shape people? This is the question of the century and my answer is as follows. The sheer power of vision, creativity and strength that the human mind harbours and is capable of harnessing is truly remarkable. If properly channeled and developed it does not only have the potential of shaping sociey but it can also change it and alter destinies.

THE Health sector among other key sectors in the State had nonetheless received the attention of the present administration of Governor Martin Elechi since it came on board on May 29, 2007.

A woman, maybe in her 20s, dressed in hijab, was helped by two others more elderly ones into a decrepit, match box size room that had only a rickety bed and worn out mattress at the Hunkuyi Primary Health Care Centre, in Hunkuyi Local Area (LGA) of Kaduna state.

The FederalCapitalTerritory, Abuja has 13 government hospitals, spread across the 6 area councils, namely, General hospitals, Abuja Area Municipal Council(AMAC) located in Nyanya, Abaji, Gwagwalada, Kwali, Kuje and Bwari, including those located in the federal capital city.

Currently, Lagosians enjoy the best of both worlds in terms of government and private health institutions. Government health institutions have strong presence at Federal and State levels and leading the pack is the 52-year-old Lagos University Teaching Hospital, LUTH, Idi Araba, widely acknowleged as one of the nation’s “Centres of Medical Excellence”.