Ahead of the 2024 governorship election in Edo State, Afemai Coalition for Asue Ighodalo, has enlisted the services of competent manpower for the provision of health and medical services in Auchi by employing a Medical Doctor to man the Utsokwili Primary Health Center.
Gatekeepers News reports that prior to this development, the facility had no Doctor and this impacted negatively on the mandate and functionality of the facility to act as an avenue for the medical and health service needs of the locals.
The Coalition presented Dr. John Ugwu who would now be available at the PHC 5 days a week to the Otaru-in-Council in the presence of HRH, Alhaji Aliru H. Momoh, Ikelebe III, Otaru of Auchi Sacred Kingdom who appreciated the kind gesture and prayed for more positive developments for the various PHCs in the community to enable the people have their medical needs attended to promptly.
Prince Fawaz Muhammad
Giving reasons behind the gesture, Prince Fawaz Muhammad, one of the representatives who presented the Doctor to the OiC stated that it was in the interest of the Governorship Candidate of the People’s Democratic Party -Asue Ighodalo to prioritize the needs of the people.
He noted that it is a healthy populace that would have the strength to embark on electioneering exercises as well as carry out their lawful duties daily.
“Our focus is on lending a helping hand to right the wrongs therein in our communities and not necessarily bore our people with political promises.
“This is one of the needs that have been spotted and instead of telling people that we are going to provide competent manpower to address the shortage of medical staff in the various Primary Health Centers here, we have done it and shall continue to touch all such areas before the campaigns thicken and even beyond.” He said.
Prince Chalaman MKO Momoh
Corroborating the above, Prince Chalaman MKO Momoh added that the people are tired of empty promises -noting that the People’s Democratic Party candidate – Asue Ighodalo has not come to make noise about things that can easily be done.
“You can see that instead of telling our people that he would do this when he becomes Governor, he has already done so – employed a Doctor at the Utsokwili Primary Health Center in Utsokwili -Iyekhei.
“This shows that a man of capacity who has the people at heart does not need to wait to become Governor in order to start doing the job of making life easy for the people he wishes to serve.” He said.
It is hoped that more dire areas would be addressed in the coming days leading to the Edo State Governorship election.
