Why I’m Concerned About Health Of My Constituents, Says C’River Rep

A member of the House of Representatives from the Abi/Yakurr Federal Constituency of Cross River State, Dr Alex Egbona has said that the health of his people is paramount for him, hence his decision to continually attract projects and programmes related to health to his people.

He has also said that with the granting of autonomy to local governments in the country, he expected all local government chairmen to be alive to their responsibilities in the area of primary healthcare.

While flagging of a 3-day training programme for health workers on maternal and child health in Abi and Yakurr local governments respectively, Egbona said priority should be given to health related issues by governments at all levels because it only takes a heath man to be able to achieve anything in life.

The training held simultaneously at Itigidi and Ugep, headquarters of the two local governments respectively. It will hold for three days, and would be followed by a comprehensive free medical outreach in all the wards of the federal constituency, from November 13 to 17.

 “If we are not healthy, we cannot play politics. If we are not healthy, we cannot go to school. If we are not healthy, we cannot fly or drive to any part of the world. Health is so important and that is why I celebrate all of you.

“I have done so much in the area of healthcare for my people. I will even do more. My attention now is on the primary health system. That is why I have taken steps to work with the relevant federal government agencies to attract solar energy to the health centres in my constituency.

“I am also attracting solar electricity and boreholes to the various health centres. My target is to make sure that there is power and water supply in all the health centres and I am using my constituency as a case study on how to effectively run the primary health care system in Nigeria.”

Saying that he was working hard to ensure that all the health centres in his federal constituency are connected to solar inverter power source as well as solar lights within the precincts of the health centres, he also said boreholes and drugs would be attracted to the centres.   

At the Yakurr training centre, immediate past director of the local government health authority, Arikpo Igri Omini who was one of the facilitators appreciated the Egbona for his benevolence and foresightedness and acknowledged him as a pacesetter in the constituency.

Another trainer, Mrs Imelda Ejukwa, who spoke on hypertensive disorder in pregnancy harped on the timeliness of the training and urged the lawmaker to intervene and resuscitate the Assiga health center.

The Director of Local government Health Authority in Yakurr, Dr. Mrs Ibiang Okama Eko appreciated the federal lawmaker for this giant strides in all areas, saying that he had done much more for the constituency that all other representatives from the constituency.