The Government of Anambra State has affirmed readiness to upgrade three general hospitals every year to meet up international standards, and render quality health care to the people.
Commissioner for Housing, Pauli Onyeka, who disclosed this to journalists in Awka, the state capital, said the general hospitals in Ekwulobia, Enugwu Ukwu and Umueri are already wearing new looks and the three hospitals will soon stand global competition.
‘We are not doing any massive structures just for the sake of it, but we’re doing it purely for transformational reasons so the hospitals will serve as referral centres. As soon as we finish with the structures, the equipping aspect will commence and the hospitals will serve as referral centres for the zones.”
He said the hospitals would be upgraded in such a way that patients there would be treated to beautiful and serene environments.
Concerning education, Onyeka said the state government would commence work on 10 worst schools across the state, with three in each local government, with a view to modernizing them to compete with and rank among the best anywhere, adding that it was in line with the state government’s promise to provoke disruptive change.
He urged the citizenry to pay up their taxes as nothing could be built on a void. He said that with the federal allocation diminishing due to the huge debt burden incurred by the federal government, it was an easy decision therefore, that taxes would be relied upon to develop Anambra state.
