Former Governor of Anambra State and Labour Party Presidential candidate in the 2023 general election, Mr. Peter Obi has donated the sum of Ten million Naira to the Saint Philomena Catholic Hospital and Saint Philomena School of midwifery, a facility for Healthcare services in Benin City, Edo State.
Obi visited the two in one Healthcare establishment and a building project in the premises yesterday as he acomplained by the Director General, Edo Labour Party, Dr. Samuel Omede.
During the surprise visit to the establishment, although it was a very clear atmosphere with joy and shouts from the staff and students to receiving the former governor of Anambra.
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The Principal of the establishment, Dr. Irene Aisha, a Barrister and Nurse told the pressmen how glad she is, she said and counted it a privilege to having His Excellency, Peter Obi in the school for the second time. In her words, she described Obi as the man of the masses who has people at heart and mean well for all.
Moreover, Rev. Father Jerome Idebe also gave a warm welcome, he described Obi has an intelligent and a man with integrity.
In his words with the journalists, Mr. Obi said "I am sure I have done more than eighteen facilities Nationwide, some of them I am going to repeat because some of them have no access accreditation because they are lacking one of the critical things that is required and I am ensure to provide it.
"It is my believe and clearly seen that the three most critical measurements of development is very simple, they are Health, because the more health people have, the more productive they are, that is why they say '...health is wealth'. The second is Education and the third one is the capital, which is pulling people out of poverty. If you get these three things right, the nation will develop, the more you invest in these three points, the more developed you become. Governance and everything around it is simple as ABC."
However, the Labour Party Presidential candidate, Obi also said "We are lacking giving Health and Education to our people as well as pulling out people of poverty, then when we miss these, we will have crisis.
"I am more committed to Health, Education and poverty alleviation, I have been visiting schools and doing this even before I entered government, you see me visiting different schools this year, providing good facilities, I am in support of everything that makes development works."
"In addition, Mr. Peter Obi told the All Campus Show correspondent that his humble appeal with all due respect to the Nursing and Midwifery council of Nigeria is to ensure easy and competitive licencing and verification of these young ones who are looking for proper authorization to be able to work anywhere globally, he advises that their chances should not limited, we can train them, what government needs to do if they think we have issues of brain drain is to invest more in this critical area, that is what I am doing personally, he said.
Doing more investment and train more of them to be able to work anywhere in the world, these students need employment, they need to earn a good living to support their families and we want support for them to do that. Obi concluded.