MD pledges to transform Anambra State medical oxygen production plant

The Managing Director and Chief Executive Officer of Anambra Medical Oxygen Production Plant, Mrs. Nwamaka Arinze says she will transform the plant to standard to withstand global competition.

She promised to do everything possible to ensure that Anambra state citizens benefit maximally from the plant.

Mrs. Arinze gave this assurance when members of the Anambra State House of Assembly Committee on Health paid her an official visit.

Mrs. Arinze said that she was one of the people that conceptualised the idea of building the plant in the immediate past administration in the state, said that she would ensure that the plant provides adequate service to the people.

Mrs. Arinze who said that the Nigerian government has set up a national policy to ensure that Nigeria achieved sustainable development goals of which oxygen plant is a critical component of it, appreciated Governor Chukwuma Soludo for giving her the opportunity to serve.

She appealed to the members of the House to make laws that will make hospitals in Anambra to always have enough oxygen in their hospitals in order to end occurrences of avoidable deaths in the state and said that the plant is now in full operation to serve Ndi Anambra better.

The Chairman of the Committee, Dr. Cater Umeoduagu said that the familiarization visit was important for them to interface with the new Managing Director and expressed optimism that Mrs. Arinze will deliver because of her passion for the job.

Umeoduagu, however, regretted that the former Managing Director of the plant has refused to leave office for Mrs. Arinze to work seamlessly and called on Governor Soludo to immediately call the former MD to order.

A member of the Committee, Barrister Timothy Ifedioramma also said that the House will support Mrs. Arinze to succeed.

He expressed dissatisfaction with the refusal of the immediate past MD of the plant to leave office, which made the Committee members to be stranded when they arrived the facility.

Onyebuchi Offor representing Ekwusigo constituency who is also a member of the team, said that Mrs. Arinze has all it takes to deliver and described the action of the past MD of the plant as condemnable.