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The lack of quality healthcare in Nigeria is one serious drawback. Though state-run hospitals, general hospitals, local dispensaries and private and non-governmental clinics exist, very few of them would qualify as offering anything other than poor to fair facilities, professionals and equipment.

Many diseases that are rarely seen in developed countries – such as cholera, tetanus and even polio – can still lead to deaths in Nigeria, as many healthcare facilities in the country lack resources and facilities.

However, though Nigeria has made significant progress in the reduction of life-threatening infectious diseases and performance on key health indices is improving, but a lot still needs to be done to meet the UN’s Millennium Development Goals (MDG), an objective that is incorporated into Vision 20:2020, the country’s long-term economic development strategy. Indeed, Nigeria ranks 153rd out of 187 countries on the UN’s Human Development Index, with some of the highest infant, child and maternal mortality rates in the world