Governor Alex Otti on Wednesday inaugurated a multipurpose hospital in the state. The 100-bed Mother and Child Centre situated in Ugwunabo was built by the Office of the Senior Special Assistant to the President on Sustainable Development Goals (OSSAP-SDGs) Governor Otti commended President Bola Tinubu for siting the project in Abia State.
Promising judicious use of the facility, he said the state was planning to establish a medicalt village that would put an end to people traveling out for medical issues.
He commended the Senior Special Assistant to the President on Sustainable Development Goals, Princess Adejoke Orelope-Adefulire, for her tireless efforts in achieving the SDGs. The governor pledged Abians’ support for the SDGs’ office and President Tinubu. Princess Orelope-Adefulirey thanked President Tinubu, for his leadership and commitment to working closely with sub-national governments to deliver key interventions and fast-track the achievement of the SDGs in Nigeria.
“I would like to most sincerely thank the Governor Otti for his unwavering commitment to the socio-economic transformation of Abia State and our collective desire to achieve the SDGs in Nigeria,” she said.
According to her, the SDGs are a universal call to action to end poverty, safeguard the planet, and ensure all people enjoy peace and prosperity by the year 2030. She said it was pertinent to note that the SDGs could not be achieved with standalone policies and programmes.
“They must be carefully integrated into our medium and long-term national and sub-national development policies and plans. It is in recognition of this that we are supporting the 36 states and the FCT on SDG-based development planning.
Otti Inaugurates 100-Bed Multipurpose Hospital
