Ozurigbo proposes Primary Health care agency.

Following discrepancies in the access of quality primary health care in Imo State, a bill was presented on the floor of the Imo State House of Assembly for the creation of a law to checkmate the issues concerned with primary health care in the state.
The bill, titled "A Bill for a Law to establish the Imo State Primary Health Care Development Agency and for other matters connected thereto.", had the Deputy Speaker, Rt. Hon. Ugonna Ozurigbo, as Chief Sponsor with 23 other honourable members as Co-sponsors.
The ever vibrant Deputy Speaker noted that the bill became neccessary in order to combat issues at the primary health care level, especially issues concerning immunization and ante-natal care since it seemed that leaving it solely at the arms of the Ministry of Health alone was depriving the primary health care sub-sector adequate attention.
Speaking further, Rt. Hon. Ugonna Ozurigbo insisted that the agency when created will focus on training and retraining of health workers across board and formulation of policies.
The Deputy Speaker submitted his presentation by urging the honourable house to speedily pass the bill for if time is wasted the State may risk losing out of the largess from the World Health Organization as the international body has threatened that any state who refuses to set up such an agency by the 2nd quarter of 2016 will not receive any funding from it.
The Honourable member representing Ideato South at the Assembly, Hon. Ikechukwu Amuka, supported the bill stating, that it was necessary the bill was speedily made law in order to ensure that the state secures the foreign funding and materials from the WHO.
Other members of the Assembly pledged total support for the bill adding that it will help improve the primary health sub-sector while urging the House Committee on Health to take keen interest in the happenings in the agency when the bill is passed.