A group of Ogoni youths under the aegis of Ogoni Youth Development Initiative, on Wednesday, described the abandonment of the Bori General Hospital in Khana Local Government Area of Rivers State by Governor Nyesom Wike as “worrisome”.
The group, through its National President, Savour Imeabe, lamented that the governor, who started the remodelling project on the hospital has refused to complete and commission it for use like other laudable projects in the state.
Imeabe noted that the hospital is the only government health facility in Khana marked for renovation by the Wike administration, but “now suddenly forgotten.”
The OYDI president, while decrying the abandoned state of the facility, observed that all the projects Wike began in his LGA were successfully completed, equipped, and commissioned for use.
He thus wondered why the reverse was the case with the hospital.
Imeabe stressed, “It is worrisome that the Khana General Hospital in Bori, the traditional headquarters of Ogoni, is on the brink of abandonment by the Wike-led administration in the state. This is the only government health facility in Khana that was marked for renovation by this administration.
“It is painful that the governor, who started the remodelling project on the hospital has refused to complete and commission it for use as he has been doing in other local governments, especially in Obio/Akpor and Port Harcourt City Local Government Areas.
“It is on record that all the projects Wike started in his LGA are fully completed, equipped and commissioned for use. But in the case of Ogoni, the General Hospital has been forgotten. We understand that the governor will want to transfer the responsibility for the completion of the project to his successor. Why must this be the case with such a sensitive project in Ogoniland?” He queried.
Imeabe who expressed the group’s displeasure that politicians use Ogoni to perfect their enterprise, urged the governor to order the speedy completion of the hospital before leaving office next Monday so as to give residents and residents of the community access to a quality health system.
