The governor said he remains firm and follows his course for development to the benefit of the state.
Fubara stated this at the official opening ceremony of the hospital located beside the Rebisi Flyover in Port Harcourt.
This was contained in a statement signed by the governor’s media aide, Boniface Onyedi, and made available to journalists.
Fubara said his administration is committed to advancing the interest and welfare of Rivers people, declaring that nothing can cause a deviation.
He remarked that whatever it will cost, the interest of the people and the development of the state will remain paramount, noting that there cannot be development without quality healthcare delivery, which is why the state-of-the-art facility has been provided.
Fubara explained that what he is doing for the Rivers people aligns with the Renewed Hope Agenda of the President Bola Tinubu-led administration which is anchored on restoring hope and improving the economy and social well-being of the citizenry.
“We came, we saw and we are opening for the benefit of our people,” he said.
Earlier, the state Commissioner for Health, Dr. Adaeze Oreh, said the project, delivered before the stipulated 16 months, is designed to serve specialised health services to patients, for training and medical research.
According to her, the project entails a new administrative building with offices, a 200-seating capacity conference hall, a separate reading library for patients and a fully equipped kitchen space, a cafeteria and a laundry section.
In a related development, Fubara had urged the Rivers people and residents to protect critical infrastructure and social services provided to them.
He said by doing so, the people can contribute their quota to the effective functioning of those facilities.
The governor spoke at the inauguration and opening for public use of the Prof. Kelsey Harrison Hospital located in Mile One, Diobu, Port Harcourt Local Government Area of the state.
He noted that the hospital has been remodelled and made functional with taxpayers’ money, requiring that the people who will use it and the host community dwellers, own it by ensuring that it is not vandalised or the equipment misused.
The governor also assured that soon, the Rivers State University Teaching Hospital Board and the Healthcare Management Board will be reconstituted to handle employment issues in the health sector, to utilise their quota on the ongoing recruitment of 10,000 people.
The state Commissioner for Health, while describing the project, said the 100-bed secondary healthcare hospital located in the highly populated Diobu area of Port Harcourt is a three-storey building.
She stated that it will strategically address the high burden of maternal mortality, infant and child mortality, diabetes, hepatitis, hypertension and other cardiovascular diseases.
