Enugu Govt Commiserates With Late Commissioner’s Family

The Enugu State government Sunday commiserated with the family of the late state’s Commissioner for Health Anthony Ugochukwu, a professor.

A statement by Chidi Aroh, Enugu State Commissioner for Information, also condoled with the entire medical community and the people of Oji River Local Government Area, where he hailed from.

According to Aroh, the state government was deeply saddened by the demise of Ugochukwu who died on Friday, 3rd April, 2020, after a long battle with a chronic kidney disease.

The statement said: “The Enugu State government is very proud of the various contributions made by Prof. Anthony Ugochukwu in the different capacities he had served the state, particularly as Commissioner for Health, until December 2019 when he was kept out of duty due to this health challenge.”

The late renowned surgeon was a former provost of College of Medicine, Enugu State University Teaching Hospital, Parklane, Enugu.