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The Imo State Government has pledged to construct 260 primary healthcare centers across the state.
Governor Peter Mbah announced this on Sunday during an inspection trip of a primary health care facility in Ogonogoeji Ndiuno, Akpugo, in the state's Nkanu West LGA.
He also committed to building at least one world-class secondary health center in each local government region.
The governor stated that his administration prioritized healthcare delivery because it recognized the value of a healthy population and workforce.
He committed not to give up until every kid, mother, senior person, and Enugu resident has access to improved healthcare.
Healthcare, he says, is at the heart of his responsibilities, noting that it accounts for the lion's share of the state's 2024 budget.
Mbah said that the administration had undertaken a thorough study of the challenges in the primary healthcare space to have reliable data to craft adequate strategies to address them.
“That is why, as you must have heard from the Commissioner for Health, we are going to be developing 260 world-class Type-2 primary healthcare centers across the entire wards in Enugu State.
“Our strategy in that area is that rather than spread ourselves thinly across 557 primary healthcare centers, we want to focus on consolidating our resources and developing 260 world-class Type-2 PHCs.
“This is because we want to provide 24-hour services in each PHC so that at any time, you would have access to quality primary healthcare in our rural communities across the state,” he stated.
