The new governor of Anambra
State, Chief Willie Obiano, is still navigating his first month in
office, and on Sunday, he visited the Nnamdi Azikiwe Hospital, Nnewi to
cheer up the students of Community Secondary School Umuokpu Awka who
were recently involved in an automobile accident in which seven lost
their lives.
The students were said to be
returning from school when a fast speeding car lost control and ran over
them, killing seven and leaving many wounded. On hearing the story of
the accident and learning about the plight of the survivors, Governor
Obiano moved from Awka to Nnewi to assure the students that his
administration would not abandon them in their hour of need.
“Don’t despair. You are in
good hands. We shall take care of you. We shall pay your hospital bills
and make sure that nothing wrong will happen to you,” the Governor
whispered to one of the accident victims, Chinyere, as he stood by her
bedside.
Seeing the conditions in the
hospital where the patients were sweating profusely, Governor Obiano
made a promise to “provide a 500KVA generator to ensure that there is a
steady supply of electricity in this hospital.”
According to him, primary
healthcare occupies a priority position in the plan of his
administration to reposition Anambra State as a leader in all indices of
development in the country.
Earlier in his welcome
remarks, the Chief Medical Director of Nnamdi Azikiwe Teaching Hospital,
Pro. A. O Igwegbe had commended the governor for showing great
“character, compassion and pragmatism.”
Prof. Igwegbe also explained
that the challenge facing the 25-year old institution was paucity of
funds to carry out its set goals and objectives. “Presently, we are
dependent on generators as a source of power for the running of the
hospital which further depletes our resources,” he said, further
pointing out that the hospital was still operating on a temporary site
and all efforts were geared towards moving to its permanent site in the
nexus between Nnewi, Ozubulu and Oraifite towns.
Obiano in the hospital
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