An 80-bed hospital equipped with modern medical equipment, facilitated by the former Special Adviser to Late President Muhammadu Buhari on Media and Publicity, Mr. Femi Adesina, for the use of Ipetumodu community and others in Osun State, is yet to commence operation two years after it was commissioned.
The project, aimed at providing affordable and adequate healthcare delivery to the community, was commissioned on May 23, 2023, and handed over to the state government. But three years down the line, the dream of the people of Ipetumodu is yet to come to reality.
LeadNaija learnt that due to the delay in putting the facility to use, the place was sometimes burgled with Air conditioners, generating set cable carted away. But the equipment was replaced by the state government through the intervention of the Osun State Deputy Speaker, Hon. Akinyode Oyewusi.
The community has also been paying monthly for the security guarding the place as the project is said to be incomplete.
The Secretary, Ipetumodu Development Forum, Mr. Kehinde Oyetunmbi while reacting to the delay appealed to the state government to fast track the project and bring it to life.
He made the appeal in a statement obtained by LeadNaija on Wednesday.
“Fast-forward, 3 years down the lane when this healthcare centre, constructed by the Federal Government of Nigeria, facilitated by Chief Femi Adesina, the Oluomo of Ipetumodu, was commissioned in 2023. The facility was handed over to the state government for: Staffing, Operation & Management.
“It’s quite unfortunate that the facility’s monthly security salary was left into the hand of HRM Oba Prof Joseph Olugbenga Oloyede, Apetumodu of Ipetumodu, being assisted by the Ipetumodu Development Forum all these years, a government facility for that matter.
“The facility was once burgled with Air conditioners, Generating set cable etc carted away , The burgled News attracted the state government attention through the office of the state deputy speaker, who facilitated the replacement of some equipment carted away, although, the contractor is yet to complete all that is necessary to put the facility into operation when he claimed money received exhausted and since then, nothing seems happening.
“We are appealing again to the Osun State Government through Ipetumodu Sons and Daughters in the helm of affairs, to complete and bring this facility into operation.
This will improve the health status of Ife North Electorates, reduce the kabiyesi’s monthly spending from his personal purse on the security of the health centre without any commensurate result and also bring the health centre equipment into the maximum operation level.
“Please, bring this facility into operation for Ipetumodu and we shall forever be grateful. The completion and operation of this project shouldn’t be for another electioneering campaign. Thanks for your understanding and proactiveness to this call,” the statement reads.
The Osun State Commissioner for Health, Hon. Jola Akintola, did not respond to enquiries made by LeadNaija on the project at the time of filing this report yesterday.
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