Governor Nyesom Wike of Rivers State has commended his Akwa Ibom State counterpart, Mr. Udom Emmanuel, for his performance since assumption of office on May 29, 2015.
Wike gave the commendation when he visited Akwa Ibom to inaugurate projects as part of activities to mark the 6th anniversary of Emmanuel’s administration.
Performing the groundbreaking and foundation laying ceremony for the Akwa Ibom State University Teaching Hospital ( AKSUTH ) at Awa in Onna LGA, Wike described his host as a performing leader with great antecedents worthy of emulations and support.
According to the Rivers State Chief Executive, ”Governor Emmanuel has touched on all the sectors, and that has moved Akwa Ibom not only forward, but as one of the best performing states in this country .
”We all know that development in Akwa Ibom it is not propaganda because we have all seen it, touched it and have felt it .
”God has really bless Akwa Ibom State by given us someone like Gov. Udom Emmanuel, and as a person, I only identify with people whom I can benefit from through sharing of ideas. If I come to a place like this , and the leader is doing well, I don’t need to envy him, rather, I will ask him questions and that would encourage me to do better in my own place.
”I came in through the airport road, and I can see that in terms of road network, there is a huge difference.Therefore, I am proud to identity myself with the performing Governor of Akwa Ibom State,” Wike stated.
Reiterating his passion to continue to improve on the lives of the citizenry earlier, Emmanuel said the provision of affordable medicare remains top on his agenda for the state’s healthcare sector.
“Having developed so much in terms of secondary healthcare system, it has also become imperative for us to step up a bit forward to the tertiary healthcare system so that we can train our people, and that would lead us to the standard we are aiming at, and the only place we can train our people is at the teaching hospital. So today, we are here to lay the foundation that would give us a good footing in our quest for an improved tertiary healthcare system.”
”As you know, without a teaching hospital, you can’t have a college of medicine, so we must first of all set up a well equipped teaching hospital before we can apply for a college of medicine, and that is the step we are taking today.
‘ I want to also assure the VC that due to our passion for quality healthcare delivery system, this hospital is going to be a worldclass facility,” he said .
Meanwhile, Governor Emmanuel has hinted that the partnership deal for the construction of the new teaching hospital was hatched between the Akwa Ibom State Government and the Bua Group of Companies through one of its affiliates, the Abdul Samad Rabiu Initiative, ( ASR Africa- an initiative with interest in funding Education, Health and Social Development ).
Emmanuel further explained that the group have promised to contribute the sum of N5 billion towards the completion of the hospital. He also acknowledged the receipt of 2.5 billion Naira first tranche payment recently released to the state by the ASR Group.
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