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The chairman of Egor Local Government Area, Eghe Ogbemudia on Tuesday, said Governor Godwin Obaseki’s challenge spurred her to build a hospital for the residents of the local government.
Eghe, the daughter of the Late Dr Samuel Ogbemudia stated this when the hospital, named after her father was commissioned in Egor.
She also revealed that her late father motivated her to go into politics and work for the people.
Also, 500 people would benefit from the equity health plan under the Edo State Health Insurance scheme for the first year of the hospital operation.
The Egor council promised to pay the first 200 patients while the chairman of Orhionmwon local government, Newman Ugiagbe would pay 100 people residents, EdoHIS boss, Rock Amegor and one Dr Osagie Osifo would pay for 100 people apiece.
She said, “This hospital building started in 2019. In 2018, when I was campaigning for my first tenure in office, I came to this office and they told me that they wanted a hospital in this community.
“In 2019, we came back, this time around with Governor Obaseki when the Enogie of Egor mentioned it again and he said we will vote for your party but there is something that we need in this community and the governor asked him what is it, he said there is a land opposite the palace that was given by his grandfather for a hospital that if the governor can do that for them, they will be pleased.
“The governor turned around, looked at me and said to the Enogie of Egor, Eghe Ogbemudia is the only candidate I have in the 18 local government areas, and he told me to go and build them a hospital.
“Even though there was no money in the council, we were running a deficit, I resolved that I was not going to build a health centre, I would build a hospital like my father built the University of Benin Teaching Hospital.
“All we had in Egor local government coffers than was N7million and a deficit of over N600m. I resolved that we would do something as long as that is what this community wanted because my father told me to give them their needs and not what I think they need, always go back to the people and ask them what they want.”
Commissioning the project, the Commissioner for Local Government and Chieftaincy Matters, Monday Osaigbovo, who represented Obaseki commended the project and said it was in line with the developmental initiatives of the outgoing governor.
