MonITNG also insisted that FMC Umuahia must compel the contractor to deliver the project before the end of the year.
A report by a civic-tech accountability organisation, MonITNG, has exposed the shocking decay of a Primary Health Centre (PHC) in Oloko community, Ikwuano Local Government Area of Abia State, where pregnant women deliver on bare floors, and children are left without basic medical care, despite more than N34 million released by the state government in 2024 for the furnishing of the healthcare facility.
In the report released on Sunday, December 7, 2025, MonITNG described the situation as a grave injustice to a rural community that has waited six years for a functional healthcare facility.
According to the report, the Tracka team, which visited the facility, uncovered a painful betrayal of public trust in the community.
The report noted that PHC, completed six years ago using taxpayers’ funds, was expected to serve thousands of residents of the community, but has remained abandoned and unusable.
“Six years ago, a brand-new Primary Health Centre was constructed with taxpayers’ money to serve thousands of rural residents.
“Today, it stands as a monument to failure: doors locked, windows broken, roofs leaking, and the entire compound swallowed by thick bush and tall weeds. No single piece of equipment has ever been installed,” the report stated.
With the unused building overtaken by grass, villagers rely on a cramped room that volunteers have converted into a makeshift clinic.
The report noted, “The community is forced to manage with one tiny, overcrowded room that serves as a so-called clinic.
“There is no delivery bed, no space for emergencies, no refrigerator for vaccines, no privacy for patients.
“Pregnant women deliver on bare floors or travel over 20 kilometres to the nearest functional facility, risking their lives and those of their babies in the process.”
The dire condition of the facility is despite official records, which show that on September 5, 2024, the Federal Medical Centre (FMC) Umuahia paid N34,975,869.78 to a contractor, Raymond Blacks Ltd, for the complete furnishing and equipping of the health centre, as verified on the GovSpend transparency platform.
“Despite this glaring neglect, official records show that on 5th September 2024, the sum of N34,975,869.78 was released and paid directly to Raymond Blacks Ltd for the complete furnishing and equipping of this very health centre,” the report stated.
When Tracka returned to the site in October 2025, more than 13 months after the payment was made, they found no evidence of the installation of medical equipment or supplies, the report noted.
“Tracka field officers returned to the site in October 2025, more than thirteen months after the money left government coffers and confirmed the bitter truth: not one kobo has translated into visible work,” it said.
“No chairs, no beds, no fans, no solar panels, no drugs, nothing. The building remains exactly as it was before the N34.9 million was paid, except the weeds are now taller.”
MonITNG described the situation as criminal neglect of a vulnerable rural population.
“This is no longer an administrative delay; it is organised theft of healthcare from a vulnerable rural community,” it said.
“Mothers are dying. Children are suffering. Preventable diseases are spreading because public funds have disappeared without a trace.”
MonITNG, therefore, demanded an urgent investigation into the role of FMC Umuahia and Raymond Blacks Ltd in the terrible state of the healthcare facility.
“We are demanding that the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) and the Independent Corrupt Practices and Other Related Offences Commission (ICPC) immediately open investigations into the Federal Medical Centre, Umuahia and Raymond Blacks Ltd,” MonITNG demanded.
“Every kobo of the N34.9 million must be traced, recovered, and the culprits prosecuted without fear or favour.”
MonITNG also insisted that FMC Umuahia must compel the contractor to deliver the project before the end of the year.
The organisation said, “We equally demand that the Federal Medical Centre, Umuahia, must summon the contractor within seven days, enforce contractual obligations, and ensure the health centre is fully equipped and handed over to the community before the end of 2025. Oloko has waited six years. They cannot wait another day.”