Group Seeks Probe Of Power Outages At UCH

A group, the Legacy Stars of Ibadan (LSI) has called on President Bola Tinubu and the Minister of Health and Social Welfare, Professor Ali Pate to probe the current and the previous management of the University College Hospital (UCH), Ibadan over power outage which has crippled activities at the health facility.

President of LCI, Mogaji Saheed Oyewale and the Secretary, Barrister Kazeem Oladepo in a statement issued at the end of its monthly meeting on Monday in Ibadan, said the probe was essential to address and find lasting solutions to the incessant power outage in the teaching hospital.

LEADERSHIP recalls that UCH had in the last few months been expressing power outage over debt owed the Ibadan Electricity Distribution Company (IBEDC).

“One of the issues discussed and deliberated upon is the issue of incessant power outage at UCH and this was deliberated by members present.

“We observed at the meeting that UCH has been having power outages in the last few months. The power supply was cut off in March this year. This was, however, resolved when some individuals intervened.

“Recently, the power supply was cut off due to electricity debt. When there is no light, major things that should be done will not be done. The hospital is facing a lot of challenges and we don’t want this to continue.

“Many people who were supposed to get medical attention in the hospital could not be attended to and this will have negative consequences on the health outcome of the people in general,” the group noted.

Describing the development as an embarrassment, the LCI called on the president and the minister to “to beam their searchlights and probe the current management and the previous ones.”

“We have heard a lot of challenges facing the hospital. UCH as a tertiary health institution should not be in this sorry condition. The federal government should do something,” the group stated.