Construction Of The Old People's Home

As the first term drew to a close in early 2023, the state’s primary intervention for the elderly remained the monthly payment of pensions and the provision of food items through periodic social welfare distributions. However, no foundation had been laid nor a site identified for the promised construction of a residential home. 

Earlier in the term, specifically in May 2021, the state government announced with significant fanfare that it had approved the establishment of a "Geriatric Center" in Jericho, Ibadan. The Commissioner for Health at the time described the project as being "like a Nursing Home in the United States," where the elderly could receive medical attention and recreate. 

However, as the project moved into the implementation phase in late 2021 and 2022, it became clear that the focus was strictly on medical services. The renovation work at the Jericho facility focused on outpatient clinics and treatment rooms rather than residential living quarters for those needing accommodation.

In the initial years (2019–2020), the administration’s focus on the elderly was largely data-driven and palliative-based, particularly during the COVID-19 pandemic. While the government gathered data on vulnerable populations and distributed relief materials, the long-term goal of building a permanent housing facility for the aged was bypassed in favor of these immediate healthcare and welfare interventions. Consequently, at the May 2023 handover, the physical "Old People’s Home" promised in 2019 did not exist.