The Vice Presidential candidate of the PDP, Mr. Peter Obi has advised government at all level to deliberately formulate policies that will allow her to collaborate with voluntary agencies, especially the Church,  in the development of the country. Mr. Obi offered this advice yesterday when he visited Annunciation  Hospital  in Enugu.

PDP Vice Presidential Candidate, Mr. Peter Obi before the opening statements of the Chairman 2019 Presidential Election Appeal Panel, Justice Zainab Adamu Bulkachawa during the opening of the hearing for the petition against the re-election of President Muhammadu Buhari at the Court of Appeal, Abuja. Photo by Abayomi Adeshida

Obi commended the hospital on the level of their facilities, its neatness and the commitment of the staff. He called on government to support such hospitals, especially now young doctors find it difficult getting   places to be trained.

Obi who said he was speaking from experience recalled how his collaboration with the Church in Anambra State when he was the Governor contributed to the successes of the state especially in the areas of education, health and youths’ empowerment.

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“On the health sector, we chose big, existing hospitals owned by the Church and supported them. Our support also led to the accreditation of over 10 health institutions owned by the Churches. We also bought live ambulances for the hospitals, built the teaching hospital from scratch,  restored grant-in-aid to the hospitals in the state, built a heart Centre where heart operations are carried out. We substantially collaborated with the Church on this,” Obi said.

The highlight of the visit was the presentation of a cheque of 1 million Naira  as Development Support  to the hospital by Obi.

The Chief Medical Director of the Hospital  thanked Obi for the visit. Describing him as a man full of positive examples, he charged other leaders to emulate him for the regeneration of the society.