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That's like 11,500 sales equivalent which is still little by international standard.

RareDiamond:
For every one project you mention in Okigwe zone, I would mention three in Orlu zone. I am not talking of appointments given majorly to Ndi Orlu by Rochas. Okigwe zone benefited least and little from Rochas Okorocha administration despite the support he got for his 2nd term re election and that was responsible for the huge successes recorded by APGA in the zone.

Okorocha simply worked everywhere

RareDiamond:
Rochas did most of his development efforts in Owerri and Orlu leaving Okigwe zone with little.

As of today, Orlu has two tertiary hospital. IMSUTH and Nigerian Police Hospital (a federal hospital that is usually well staffed and equipped) done by Rochas.

Orlu has five universities and two polytechnics courtesy of Rochas

All the federal government projects built by the Imo State government were approved by the federal government and should be reimbursed to Imo state in due course.

The construction and completion of the Nigerian Police College of Finance and Administration Ideato is contained in FGN 2019 budget proposal. This project was attracted and built by Rochas and handed over to the police who is now funding it.

LEARN TO SHOW APPRECIATION.

Contrary to what you wrote Okorocha actually spread development to both Okigwe and Orlu as well as most villages in all 3 zones. He just didn't invest in media hype while his opposition concentrated in exaggerating what he has not done or where he erred. If I mention what he built in Okigwe zone it could be up to 500 verifiable projects projects including roads, schools, hospitals, ICT centers, markets and more.

This city looks green

Also commissioned today was the new Police headquarters at Avu town near Owerri

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President Buhari today commissioned the Mother and Child free Hospital as one of 10 projects. He was represented by Osinbajo

Newly completed Free Mother and Child Hospital Owerri

Imo trade and investment center started by Ohakim but completed by Okorocha.

This thread smells of filth and needs to be cleaned up

Ademidd:
No one will attend to me now and I have been trying to call the customer care, its not even going through at all. The number is linked to all my accounts. As it is now, I am afraid to check my account balance

Go straight to your bank this morning unfailingly.

Umahi is really giving Abakaliki a facelift and in a couple of years it might be a major tourist destination if other tourist States slack one bit. The only major disadvantage is the location as it is not on any major national route though on an important Enugu-Bamenda transnational highway.

Sinach "Way Maker"

Lara George "Ijoba Orun"

DrChukki:
Igbo traditional marriage taking place in Abuja?

Which tradition is that?

I don't believe it's in Abuja

Femeto:
Its a big problem. Those plastic bags block drainage. In Rwanda u wldnt see 1 plastic bag. Every where is clean.

Rwanda you said and you believe yourself. They ain't no oil and plastic producers so they save foreign exchange.

Nonsense and ingredients

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Interior of some of the older Hospitals built by Okorocha across all LGAs of Imo State.

The earlier pictures were taken just a week ago. This is the free Mother and Child Hospital

The 2 Hospitals are Somto Hospital and Free Mother and Child Hospital all located along Douglas road Owerri. The Hospitals are well equipped and has come as a surprise to many who thought they wouldn't be completed because of time factor.

The news is that Okorocha has completed and equipped two new 1000 bed Hospitals in addition to twenty seven 200 bed Hospitals he built earlier.

Okorocha completes and equips the two 1000 bed Hospitals to the surprise of many. The landscaping and road paving looks ready to be completed soonest.

Government may not be able to do everything so your people should start by ensuring clean and healthy environment while you use the right medium to demand government presence.

Nowhere in Nigeria is like Lagos so just see it as what it is. Industries are concentrated in Lagos with spill over to nearby Ogun State.

asha80:
ironic that rochas administration refused to handover pubic schools that were mission schools before that govt take over in the 1970s to the original owners. .ohakim handed over some to the church but some weren't. .rochas had 8 years to continue and finally handover the remaining but refused..so I wonder thus your thought now

It's always good to write when you are informed than write out of assumption.

Maybe from Igbo speaking Delta based on the name but we're all Nigerians and always fall hand.

Airpeace is too wrong on this. Whether he speaks English or not he deserves the right to translation. This can only happen in Africa.

The question now is since his successor is from a party that disagrees with Okorocha's policies can Ihedioha sustain these ingenious achievements? Will his followers sweep shame aside, accept the truth that Okorocha is on the right track and then urge him to sustain the track to achieve the ultimate goal or will they out of pride destroy these legacies?

Meanwhile earlier

https://www.afro.who.int/news/imo-state-health-insurance-scheme-course-achieving-universal-health-coverage

Owerri 04 April 2019 – In Imo, indigenes are hopeful that the recently introduced State Health Insurance Scheme (ISHIS) will fast-track Universal Health Coverage (UHC).

This year’s commemoration of World Health Day (7 April) with the theme, Universal Health Coverage: everyone, everywhere, every time, shines a spotlight on the advantages UHC can bring to all people and in all places and why it is needed so much.

Located in South East Nigeria, Imo State has a population of 5.2 million predominantly young people of which over 5 million do not have access to health insurance or pre-paid essential healthcare.

Consequently, high percentage of indigenes live in abject poverty albeit a high literacy rate of 87%, with over 90% not protected from financial hardship when they access healthcare. Malaria is the most common disease and HIV Prevalence stands at 1.8%, which is above the national average of 1.4%. The maternal mortality ratio (MMR) stands at 576 per 100,000 live births while the under-five mortality rate (U5MR) stands at 96 per 1,000 live births.

“Imo State has a very high out-of-pocket expenditure (OOPE) which stands at 92% and a catastrophic expenditure rate of 68.8%. The World Health Organization (WHO) has helped us with the generation of baseline health financing data through the conduct of the first-ever State health account study and extensive household survey which were very instrumental to the launching of our Health Insurance Scheme,” says Dr Angela Uwakwem Commissioner for Health, Imo State.

She further reveals, “WHO has also helped to develop the Imo State Health Insurance Agency (ISHIA) Annual workplan and supported training of the Agency Staff. WHO is currently supporting us to develop operational guidelines and benefit packages for the scheme as well as a health financing policy and strategy towards achieving UHC. “

Health Insurance- a pedestal for achieving UHC
The ISHIS is anchored on a comprehensive program of primary healthcare revitalization and promises to bring health to the doorsteps of the people in the State especially those most in need. Recognizing the need to take appropriate steps towards implementation of these reforms for maximum impact and demonstrated expertise, Governor Rochas Okorocha requested the leadership of WHO in September 2018, to collaborate with Imo in establishing the State Health Insurance Scheme.

Pursuant to the mandate to support member states in accelerating achievement of UHC, WHO commenced immediate support to the State for generation of baseline health financing data through the State Health Account study and household survey which catalyzed the launching of the Imo State Health Insurance Scheme on 27 October 2018.

The ISHIA, with support from the State leadership, is now engaged in strategic advocacy to various stakeholders in both the formal and informal sectors, including joint Labour Unions, Traders’ Associations, Organized Private Sector, Church leaders, traditional Rulers, and community influencers. .

“WHO will sustain ongoing technical support to finalize ISHIA’s operational guidelines; use collected evidence to finalize the benefit package and conduct actuarial costing. In addition support for accreditation of health facilities for provision of quality health services and adoption of a result-based financing scheme to develop a provider payment mechanism that guarantees value for money,” says Dr Clement Peter, Officer in Charge, WHO Nigeria.

GOVERNMENT OF IMO STATE
PRESS RELEASE

SUBJECT: GOVERNOR ROCHAS OKOROCHA HANDS OVER 8 OF THE NEWLY BUILT HOSPITALS TO CHURCHES & INSTITUTIONS UNDER PPP ARRANGEMENT

-AS GOVERNMENT SIGNS AGREEMENTS WITH THEM

-ALSO DONATES 4 OTHER HOSPITALS TO ARMY, NAVY, AIR FORCE, & NIGERIA POLICE.

-SAYS, PPP ARRGANGEMENT IS THE BEST FOR GOVERNMENT’S ESTABLISHMENTS & INSTITUTIONS.

Governor Rochas Okorocha has said that for government’s establishments and Institutions to thrive, the Public Private Partnership (PPP) arrangement should be adopted or employed regretting that most people see government’s property as no-man’s property.

The governor spoke while handing over eight of the newly built Hospitals by his administration to Churches and Institutions, when the agreement to that effect was signed on Monday, May 20, 2019 at the Sam Mbakwe EXCO Chamber, Government House Owerri, with four other Hospitals also donated to the Army, Navy, Airforce and Police.

The government has built twenty-one, 200-bed Hospitals with one each in the twenty-seven local governments of the State and 1000-bed Somto Hospital another 1000-bed Mother and Child Hospital and Ochie Dike Diagnostic Hospital making it a total of 30 Hospitals.

The Anglican Diocese of Owerri took the Hospital at Ogwa in Mbaitoli LGA, the Lord Chosen Church headed by Pastor Lazarus Muoka took the one at Ohaji/Egbema local government, while the Anglican Diocese of Mbano and that of Okigwe South took those of Isiala Mbano and Okigwe LGAs respectively. They would manage the Hospitals for twenty-five years and only pay the State Government One Hundred Thousand Naira (N100,000)only, monthly.

The general hospital at Isu LGA was leased to the Claritian University as teaching Hospital, for ninety-nine years with the Imo State Government having ten percent investment. The Orlu United Medical team took the Orlu general Hospital and would also manage it for 25years and to be paying N100,000 monthly to the government.

The Galilee Education and Health took that of Obowo General Hospital, while the Nigeria Army has the one at Obinze, Nigeria Navy, the one at Ngor-Okpala, Airforce, the one at Owerri North and the Nigeria Police, the one at Ideato South.

The governor said at the event that government’s establishments and Institutions are better managed under the PPP arrangement, adding that NITEL, NIPOST, Nigeria Airways, and others would have stayed if they were driven under the PPP arrangement.

His words, “We are here to expand the scope of our government by bringing in Private Participation in running the affairs of government. We in Rescue Mission Government believe that government cannot do all things alone. But in partnership with organizations. We conceptualized this idea of PPP in Imo State 5 years ago with a law abiding it which allows the government to partner with Private Organizations and non-governmental organizations in the development of both the health and educational sectors of our economy. That has yielded fruits. Why we did that is because we want to make Imo State a health-town State”.

He added “But let me emphasize a little more on this PPP arrangement. By this PPP arrangement, you are expected to manage the Hospitals for the number of years contained in the agreement i.e. 25 years at the first instance. Your performance will now determine whether government will allow you to go for the next 25 years depending on how you have performed.”

In her speech the Commissioner for Health Dr. (Mrs.) Angela Uwakwem said “At the beginning of the Rescue Mission Government, Owelle Okorocha started with the policy of health at your doorstep and soon after, envisioned 27 general hospitals, one in each local government. Today, we are exploring the option of Public Private Partnership into actualizing this goal and making sure that this vision thrives well beyond this government. The issue of founding health is very high and government may not be able to do it alone”.

She stated “Today, we are happy to announce that we have partners who have shown enough willingness to help drive this goal of turning Imo into a health tourist State”.

Sam Onwuemeodo
Chief Press Secretary to the Governor

This guy didn't follow the elections if not he would have known that it was as bad as Nigeria with all forms of irregularities. An example caught on tape


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0Hdf7sEZhrs