A member of the House of Representatives for Egbeda/Ona Ara Federal Constituency in Oyo State Akin Alabi has explained that the health centre being rehabilitated in Ajiwogbo, Ibadan is for a small village, Igbere TV reports.

Mr Alabi came under criticism on social media when he shared photos of the heath centre on Wednesday night.

Some social media users said the building was “too small”.

Responding to the criticism, the lawmaker said he only rehabilitated the heath centre, adding that he did not have the power to expand it.

“About those saying the place is too small. Good question. Well, it is a small health center in a small village that was rehabilitated. The place gets like five patients a day. I am not sure there is any sense expanding it. I don’t even have the powers to have it expanded,” he wrote on Thursday.

He added: “Some are asking why was the contract given to an Abuja contractor. The answer is I had no say. That question has to go to National Health Care Development Agency. I do not award contracts. Lawmakers do not award contracts. I have never met this contractor. I don’t plan to.”

https://twitter.com/akinalabi/status/1342050824248315904?s=20

Appeasing his critics, Alabi said he was not boasting about the project.

“In the original post, it wasn’t like I boasted that this was massive or an ‘ultra modern’ or a world class facility. I helped connect the village and the agency, worked hard to make sure it happened. The entire details are in the pictures. No bragging. I don’t understand the vex,” wrote the legislator.

https://twitter.com/akinalabi/status/1342052480738320384?s=20

Lame excuses

Ok

Why is it so small:
Blame my greed.

Why was it awarded to an Abuja contractor:
That's the only way I could pad the bills.

Do you think embezzling funds is very easy like that.

Baba dey shalaye

Hmm

Wah happen to nairabet

Nah eh! No qualms
Akin my man
The odogwu of nairabet
Buh you shaa fall my hands
Odinary Ade of crazy clown would have done more

Na wa ooo

Smiles

How much was spent?

Issokay

Because at your small age you are managing two wives with constituency money. One will think your lotto money will be enough to feed you and your wives. But it’s like you needed the constituency money too.

He is bold to call it small village meanwhile it will someday become a big village. What stops him form building a standard healthcare centre that will benefit the neighbouring villages and bring some level of development in his village which will likely yield revenue generation. This is Greed and foolishness at the peak. This building cost 0.0007 percent of residential house. The masses are irrelevant to eyes of our so called leaders.

At least he did something

I trust akin Alabi to. School them

That's a FirstAid box, not a health centre.

Better than nothing...... Small steps......

We drag everything and everyone in this country.
Baba did his best, if everyone does something how ever small but reasonable in their constituency like this, we would have been better than this.

not a valid excuse coming from a him, I expect more than this because even if he wants to renovate the old center, he can still expand and build a bigger one because the land have enough space..
so this is what he have to give ibadan even after all the money him don chop from youths via nairabet..
I wonder if he can have the balls to come up with this kinda joke assuming we are in election year and he is seeking for votes....iranu..

if we are been honest that structure has just turned to an abandoned completed structure...cause is too small for anything meaningful to happen except haven for rats and criminals..

Stupid politicians

Someone argued that healthcare centers shouldn’t be more than this and it’s a standard since it’s in a village and I laughed because even though it’s in a village, it’s not meant to look like a room and parlor. It look like a public toilet.

Small or Big.. The main purpose is to improve the quality of health of the intended users.

In my own opinion, he is better than most SITTING FURNITURES in the hallowed chamber.

[quote author=CastedAyo post=97385261]A member of the House of Representatives for Egbeda/Ona Ara Federal Constituency in Oyo State Akin Alabi has explained that the health centre being rehabilitated in Ajiwogbo, Ibadan is for a small village, Igbere TV reports.

Mr Alabi came under criticism on social media when he shared photos of the heath centre on Wednesday night.

Some social media users said the building was “too small”.

Responding to the criticism, the lawmaker said he only rehabilitated the heath centre, adding that he did not have the power to expand it.



https://twitter.com/akinalabi/status/1342050824248315904?s=20

Appeasing his critics, Alabi said he was not boasting about the project.



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ok sir, online Igbos are the ones wailing,keep it up

What is wrong with going the extra mile and expanding the place? Will he be beaten?,if na to tiff money do nonessential things for them selves power go dey.