Ogoni youths task Wike over the deserted medical facility

The abandonment of the Bori General Hospital in Khana Local Government Area of Rivers State by Governor Nyesom Wike was referred to as “worrisome” by a group of Ogoni youths operating under the auspices of the Ogoni Youth Development Initiative on Wednesday.

The group bemoaned the governor’s refusal to finish and commission the hospital for use, as he did with other commendable projects in the state, through its National President, Savour Imeabe.

Imeabe pointed out that the hospital is the only public healthcare facility in Khana that the Wike administration had planned to renovate but had “now suddenly forgotten.”

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The OYDI president lamented the facility’s abandoned state while noting that all the projects Wike started in his LGA had been successfully finished, outfitted, and put into service.

He therefore questioned why it was the hospital and not the other way around.

Imeabe emphasised, “It is worrying that the Wike-led administration in the state is on the verge of abandoning the Khana General Hospital in Bori, the traditional seat of Ogoni. The only government hospital in Khana that this administration has designated for renovation is this one.

“It hurts that the governor, who started the hospital’s remodelling project, has refused to finish it and commission it for use, just like he has in other local governments, particularly in Obio/Akpor and Port Harcourt City Local Government Areas.

It is stated that every project Wike began in his LGA has been finished, equipped, and put into service. However, the General Hospital has been overlooked in the case of Ogoni. We comprehend the governor’s desire to hand off responsibility for the project’s completion to his successor. Why must this be the case with a project in Ogoniland that is so sensitive? He asked.

Imeabe, who spoke for the group’s displeasure that politicians use Ogoni to advance their agenda, urged the governor to order the hospital’s rapid completion before leaving office the following Monday in order to provide residents and community members with access to a high-quality healthcare system.