Governor Okezie Ikpeazu of Abia State
‘Our infrastructural rebirth drive, security, attracting investments’ – Ikpeazu
Abia Governor, Dr. Okezie Ikpeazu, has expressed joy that the renewal of infrastructure embarked upon by his administration and the subsequent measures taken to ensure adequate security in the state are yielding positive results through the influx of investors to the state.
Ikpeazu who stated this while commissioning the E- Clinic and Diagnostic Service Aba, said that Abia was adjudged as the Number 3 State in the area of Foreign Direct Investments in the Country in 2020 following its contributions to the nation’s economy and extolled the courage and foresight of the investor, Mrs. Maureen Mgbudem, for choosing to invest in the health needs of Aba where she was born and nurtured.
The Governor who explained that the strategic roads of Osusu and Eziukwu have been reconstructed with rigid pavement and would be linked to the Eziukwu market and Port Harcourt Road, as well as Ngwa road, thereby providing access for people to the E-Clinic from different parts of Aba.
He further promised that his administration will not relent in providing more social amenities to the people.
The Governor appealed to the management of the new health service to be considerate in their billings and made a cash donation to help take care of people who cannot pay their medical bills and assured of the support of his administration towards the growth of the Clinic.
The Biochemist advised Abians to always go for routine medical check-up to avert the negative results of accumulated health challenges.
In his speech, the member representing Aba South and Aba North Federal Constituency, Hon. Chimaobi Ebisike, thanked Ikpeazu for placing Abia on the world map of progress through his infrastructural revolution which has been attracting investors and hoped that more would come to invest in the state.
Contributing, the Commissioner for Health, Dr Joe Osuji, expressed joy that the improved infrastructure and secured environment which have been the hallmarks of Governor Ikpeazu’s administration were opening windows for investors and appealed to the management of the Clinic to make their bills affordable.
Presenting her address, the Chief Executive Officer, E- Clinic and Diagnostic Service Aba, Mrs. Maureen Mgbudem, disclosed that the equipment and facilities of the center were a replica of what were obtainable in the best clinics anywhere in the world.
According to her, the clinic was set up due to the enabling environment the Ikpeazu administration has created through the provision of infrastructure and security.
Mrs. Mgbudem noted that the E-Clinic, with its first office at Abuja, has been discharging corporate social responsibilities and would embark on a two-day medical outreach from Friday 23rd July, 2021 and urged Aba residents to take advantage of their services.
She said she was proud to bring her investment to Aba, a town where she was born and nurtured, adding that the values of hard work and resilience she learnt growing up in Aba have been guiding her ever since.
Also, the Chief Medical Director of the Clinic, Dr Osinachi Nnadi, said the 30- bed clinic was positioned to professionally attend to the health needs of Aba residents and thanked the State Governor for making it possible for E-Clinic to come to Aba.
Nnadi said the facility located at Aba Owerri Road off Eziukwu Road, just after the Railway Crossing, Aba, has provided employment opportunities to the people.
