Despite budgetary allocations and stated commitments, Nigeria continues to record some of the worst maternal and child mortality rates globally. One of the evident states is in Plateau State, where healthcare infrastructure is in decline, community health workers are in short supply, and communities are left in crisis. Uncompleted projects, like the Gindiri Public Health Care (PHC) facility, exemplify systemic governance failures and what the Plateau State Government can do to course-correct.  Nigeria records approximately 2,300 children under the age [...]