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Lagos APC governorship candidate Dr Kadri Obafemi Hamzat has pledged 580 additional hospital beds as part of a 100-point agenda for the state ahead of the 2027 election.
Health promises at the centre
Hamzat, Lagos State’s deputy governor and the All Progressives Congress candidate, unveiled the manifesto at the Wole Soyinka Centre in Iganmu, Lagos, on 30 October.
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His health commitments include completing a 150-bed Massey Children’s Hospital, a 280-bed general hospital in Ojo and a 150-bed general hospital in Somolu. Together, those projects account for the promised 580 beds.
He also said he would expand the state’s Ilera Eko health insurance scheme from nearly two million enrollees to one in three Lagos residents, with poorer and vulnerable households prioritised. The plan includes upgrading 100 primary healthcare centres, increasing maternal and child health centres from 10 to 15, and building general hospitals at Ogombo and Ibeju-Lekki.
The pledges are campaign commitments rather than completed projects. However, Lagos State’s published budget implementation records show funding lines for Massey Children’s Hospital and medical infrastructure at several general hospitals, including Shomolu and Ibeju-Lekki.
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Transport, jobs and public services
Hamzat’s wider programme, branded The Lagos Promise, contains 87 firm commitments and 13 aspirations across seven pillars. He said residents should be able to use public targets and a performance scorecard to judge whether a future administration delivers.
On transport, he promised to raise the public bus fleet from 1,000 to 4,000, extend the Blue Line rail service to Okokomaiko, progress the proposed Green Line towards the Lekki Free Trade Zone and link the Blue and Red Lines at the National Theatre interchange.
He also pledged to pursue the Fourth Mainland Bridge, address food costs, expand skills training for young people, review workers’ compensation and improve affordable housing and neighbourhood security.
Why it matters
For Lagosians, healthcare capacity is not an abstract election issue. A growing city needs accessible maternal care, children’s services, primary care and hospital beds close to where people live and work.
The proposed 580 beds could strengthen public provision if the projects are finished, staffed and equipped. The key test will be whether the next administration matches construction promises with sustained funding for doctors, nurses, midwives, medicines and maintenance.
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Hamzat’s agenda now puts measurable health and infrastructure targets at the heart of the 2027 contest. Voters will ultimately decide whether his record in the current administration and the detail of his proposed delivery plans are enough to earn their confidence.