OHAKIM DECLARES FREE MEDICARE IN IMO STATE
Imo state Governor, Ikedi Ohakim, has declared free medical care for
everyone in Imo in the health centres scattered all over the state.

He made this declaration at the Dan Anyiam Stadium Owerri, while
disbursing N1billion Youth Empowerment Fund in the state.

The governor disclosed that the Cooperative Societies formed in each
of the 305 wards in the state to facilitate the disbursement would be
linked up with international donor agencies with state government’s
guarantee.

Chief Ohakim disclosed that each Cooperative Society has twenty youths
as members and would have financial advisers and consultants
comprising town union members and the traditional council.

In the words of the governor, “This administration would continue to
give you dividends of democracy in the local areas. This is harvest
time to reap from all your support to this administration and the
sacrifices you have made.”
Earlier in a brief remark, the Commissioner for Local Government and
Chieftaincy Affairs in the state, Kezie Ogaziechi, stated that the
event of the day would witness the handover refurbished health centres
in the 27 Local Government Areas (LGAs), 27 Ambulances, generators,
waste bins and grand empowerment of 6100 youths in the 305 wards of
the state.
He stressed that the strides of the governor are eloquent testimonies
to qualify him for re-election in the April elections, adding that the
partnership between the state and local governments has been yielding
dividends of democracy to all Imo people.