The Imo State governor, Hope Uzodimma has stressed that his administration is committed to reducing maternal and child mortality linked to inadequate facilities and healthcare access.
Uzodimma spoke at the inauguration of the 100-bed Senator Oluremi Tinubu Mother and Child Centre in Awo-Omamma, Imo State, a project initiated by Nigeria’s first lady to boost the healthcare policy of the government.
The hospital was built and fully equipped under the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) initiative of President Bola Ahmed Tinubu, and designated specifically for the benefit of women and children in Imo State.
Senator Uzodimma who expressed gratitude to the First Lady of Nigeria, and the Office of the President on SDGs for coordinating and bringing the project to fruition, noted that the Centre will further expand the medical outreach in Imo State as his administration has introduced mobile rural clinics, built three new General Hospitals, renovated several health centres across the state, and re-energised the Specialist Hospital at Umuguma, in Owerri.
The governor equally disclosed that his administration also revived the Imo State University Teaching Hospital Orlu, making it functional, including working hard to restore the lost accreditation of the medical school.
He therefore assured that Oluremi Tinubu Mother and Child Centre will be maintained, properly staffed, and fully deployed for the purpose it was built.
Governor Uzodimma also used the opportunity to call on the Community to take full possession of the facility by ensuring that vandals are kept at bare. He assured them of government’s preparedness to assist them protect the Centre.
The wife of the President, Senator Oluremi Tinubu, who was represented by the wife of the Vice President, Hajia Nana Shettima, expressed gratitude to the Imo State Government and the Senior Special Assistant to the President on SDGs for the realisation of the 100-bed medical facility, emphasising the significance of maternal and child healthcare’s role in building a healthier society.
In her address, the senior special assistant to the President on Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), Princess Adejoke Orelope-Adefulere commended Governor Uzodimma for his unwavering support to the federal government, and partnership which she said, “has brought about the realisation of the Mother and Child Centre named after Her Excellency Senator Oluremi Tinubu.”
Earlier in her welcome remarks, the Commissioner for Primary Health, Dr. (Mrs.) Vivian Chioma Egu expressed joy at the event, describing it as “historic and a promise fulfilled.”
She thanked the Presidency and the Imo State Government for the collaborative efforts towards promoting healthcare delivery system in the state.
