A recent 2024 Nigeria Demographic and Health Survey shows that Kwara State has the lowest under-five mortality rate in the country.
Governor Abdulrahman AbdulRazaq attributed the achievement to investments in primary healthcare and pledged to further improve child health services.
In a Facebook post on Monday, the governor highlighted that the survey ranked Kwara as the best state in Nigeria for a child to be born and raised.
“The newest Federal Ministry of Health survey shows Kwara under our watch as the best state in which a child can be born and raised (NDHS, 2024)”, he wrote.
The report indicates that the state recorded an under-five mortality rate of 14 per 1,000 live births, the lowest in the country. AbdulRazaq said the milestone reflects the state’s commitment to strengthening primary healthcare and assured residents that efforts to improve child health would continue.
Earlier, the Kwara State Primary Healthcare Development Agency reported similar results.
Speaking at the First Quarterly Meeting of the Kwara State Task Force on Immunisation and Primary Healthcare in Ilorin, the agency’s Executive Secretary, Nusirat Elelu, said the state recorded two child deaths per 1,000 live births at the time, the lowest nationally.
Elelu credited the improvement to expanded healthcare services, increased public confidence in health facilities and better access to skilled birth attendants across primary healthcare centres.
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