They both spoke in Awgu Local Government Area of Enugu State during a free medical care organized for rural dwellers by Hon. Okechukwu, urging governments at various levels to pay more attention to the health sector.
Senator Ekweremadu observed that the exercise had turned out to be an annual program, noting that he had visited the different host hospitals at Achi, Oji River, Nenwe, and Aninri for the years 2017 and 2018. “Hence, I implore the government at every level, to organize events of this sort, to give people access to health care, just like every other economic sector, such as education and infrastructural development, since the essence of governance is for the welfare of the people.
On why he is investing in the people, he said, “we were born, lived and grew up in this vicinity, which gives us a prior knowledge of the challenges of secondary and tertiary health care in this area, it has appeared as a missing link, which we are trying our best to fill. Of particular mention among the beneficiaries is an indigene of Nsukka, Mrs. Chika Asogwa, whom has been battling with the growth of fibroid.