laudate:

God bless you for this submission! And they can still get things right if they tackle things properly using the right tools, resources and mindset. There was no reason why the authorities could not have connected the hospital to the power grid. How much does it cost to acquire feeder pillars, armoured cables, transformers etc., to hook up the hospital to the national grid, when you compare what has been spent building it?

The health commissioner, Mr. Ukpong, said for now nobody could say when the hospital would re-open.
The state government, he said, was talking with investors from Dubai and Canada.

Imeyo1:
White Elephant project someone had said...... Tropicana, Ibom international stadium, pedestrians bridges.... isn't bringing money to dat state or its occupants..... As it should because those projects were done (putting the cart before the horse)

Ezionye:


Erm

I do not think education is the answer especially theoretical as you seem to opine unless you are emphasizing skills acquisition.

However, I agree with the fact that we don't need super structures as this so called " world class " hospital. The problem with these so called projects is that they lack proper research as to their suitability to the Nigerian environment and also double as money siphoning avenues.

laudate:

I agree. What was the state legislature doing, when the contract was being awarded and executed? Why has the state legislature not probed the reasons for the closure of the hospital and brought the offenders to book? Too many questions begging for answers. Setting up the hospital was a commendable initiative. Now all hands need to be on deck to ensure that it works!!

MadCow1:



You are very wrong..

Education is always the answer.. Educate and build capacity. If they did, they would not have needed foreign Doctors and Nurses to efficiently run the hospital.

Secondly, we need these super structures.. World Class hospitals are mostly situated in such structured because they normally house many divisions and branches of medicine.. The problem was not in the structure. Like someone said, it's in the planning and execution.

First challenge a hospital of that magnitude will definitely face is power.. Powering that hospital solely from generators would have been unsustainable and impractical. This is the type of project you put on a dedicated power grid from like a Gas turbine.

Secondly was the cost of maintenance. Fixing Machines, keeping the building up to code, laundry bill, etc. .

Third was the cost of salaries.. Especially if they were using expatriate doctors.

Then if the hospital was open to Akwa Ibom people (civil servants) on like a Government health insurance scheme, was that structure negotiated and understood?

Many atimes with these grand projects like Tinapa, Uyo stadium, National Theater, this Mega Hospital, Murtala Muhammad Airport, the Cinema in Uyo, e.t.c.. The easiest part of these types of Projects are always the construction.. The hardest part is the management (not just structural) of the project..

Just wait, Le Meridian in Uyo will soon collapse as well. Just like everything in Calabar collapsed after Donald duke left office.

MadCow1:



Isn't the job of the legislature to pass laws again? Since when did they become a court that probes and brings people to book?

SalamRushdie:
Oh God why doesn't anything ever work in this country

Chukason1:
....This happens when you employ Yoruba as workers .... Laziness sets in

Chukason1:
....This happens when you employ Yoruba as workers .... Laziness sets in

yanshDoctor:
maintenance culture is own problem. nothing is working in this country. even abuja stadium federal government cannot manage it.

AnodaIT:
That's what happens when you put the cart before the horse

Instead of for government to invest in the capacity of their people intellectually in education, they are sharing money and building super structures to be managed by foreigners

This is a state where basic government functions are run by consultants from Lagos because the state Civil Servants are not considered competent enough.

Education is in shambles as one teacher teaches over 80 students in public schools and in dilapidated buildings.

The Toothpick factory newly commissioned is almost shutting down due to lack of capacity

[/b]Le Meridian Hotel foreign managers left 3 months ago citing debts as government officials use complimentary cards to check in, accruing over N650m debt for government[b]

agabusta:


With all the money available to Akwa-Ibom during Akpabio, I just wonder why they never contemplated building a modular refinery in partnership with a private company.

That would have industrialised the state to some extent and draw some other industries in. Fertiliser would also be produced as a by product to support Agriculture.

It's success can even serve as a template for building more of such and providing the fuel that region needs.

A major problem the states and the FG has now is an overbloated and unproductive civil service.

When more funds accrue to a state govt, they just go on an employment spree. Trying to make a point that their govt created employment. Ironically, they are supposed to spend the funds to stimulate the private sector to carry out the employment and in return provide tax income to the State.

But what do we have, in times of plenty, the states recruit massively, and when resources go down, the state suffers. The civil service, which is highly unproductive just consumes a large chunk of the resources leaving meagre for capital projects.

rottennaija:
Gov Udom is already achieving the record if being the worst state governor of Akwa Ibom state.

bro4u:

asin ehn...that man is just occupying space doing nothing, God knows i dislike him.

Tolexander:
Buhari's issue is even better.

Why not mentioning the Governor that built the world class hospital, Godswill Akpabio, who dumped the hospital for a foreign hospital for treatment, after sustaining injuries in a car crash in 2015?

AnodaIT:
That's what happens when you put the cart before the horse

Instead of for government to invest in the capacity of their people intellectually in education, they are sharing money and building super structures to be managed by foreigners

This is a state where basic government functions are run by consultants from Lagos because the state Civil Servants are not considered competent enough.

Education is in shambles as one teacher teaches over 80 students in public schools and in dilapidated buildings.

The Toothpick factory newly commissioned is almost shutting down due to lack of capacity

Le Meridian Hotel foreign managers left 3 months ago citing debts as government officials use complimentary cards to check in, accruing over N650m debt for government

UfuomaUN:


Do you know how much a refinery costs?