A long, black snake uncurled from the corner of the room where it had been nesting undisturbed.
Ekejiuba, an indigene of the community, was on an errand when our correspondent approached him for direction to the health centre. Learning about his mission in the community, he changed plans and volunteered as a guide. “Those who check expired drugs cannot access the community because of the bad road. The health of people in Umu-Okwo community is in the hands of God,” he said.The NDDC financials
In 2014, the commission began the construction of a “Comprehensive Health Center”, which was awarded for N70m. The project, which had 12 months duration for completion, was abandoned at the lintel level. He said the FMC is the only fully functional government hospital in the state hence the large influx of people from rural communities.Apart from the overstretched and understaffed FMC in Owerri, many of the existing medical centres in Imo State are in a complete state of dereliction. The NDDC health centres could have filled this gap, except that many of the facilities are either abandoned or nonfunctional.
“I renovated everything; I put the ceilings, some of the tiles and toilets. I put them in place. There was no hospital here at all. I cleared the bush with N150,000. It was later I heard that it was NDDC that built the place for hospital, but after 15 years, it was not used,” he explained.Okwudor is a community in Njaba Local Government Area of Imo State. Situated on the bank of Njaba River, the river separates the community from Umuaka.
Nzubechi lives just opposite an abandoned NDDC health centre that could have provided succour for the people of Okwudor. The building, although completed, had no medical equipment. The residents said it was never opened for a day after the last brush of paint was wiped over it.
That's the kind of thing you see in imo state... please we need radiobiafralive to come.
Nigeria !!!!! See health Center like a prison.
Nigeria is littered with bunch of irresponsible people with no conscience. How can a nation grow when people are not even concerned about the wellbeing of their kinsmen. We the people are the ones that can force this change. Stop celebrating these thieves.
They are even lucky they have a building, the Health center NDDC was supposed to build in my community didn't see the light of the day.