Makinde Commissions Hospital In Oyo Community Where Residents Travel Accross Border For Medical Treatment

The Okere of Saki, Oba Khalid Olabisi, has lauded Governor Seyi Makinde for building a modern hospital in his town. 

The hospital was started by the administration of late Senator Abiola Ajimobi, but Makinde remodeled it, equipped it and inaugurated it on Wednesday.

Speaking at the inauguration ceremony in Saki on Wednesday , the monarch said with the completion of the hospital, his subjects would stop traveling out to Benin Republic which is closer to the town for medical treatment. 

The monarch said this in a statement issued by the Chief Press Secretary to the Governor, Mr Taiwo Adisa,  after the inauguration of the hospital. 

The monarch  was quoted to have said, “We have never felt the presence of government here let alone having a project like this in Oke-Ogun. Even, the hospitals that you see around were built by individual doctors residing here. We have not seen general hospitals and health centres in Saki before.

“Our governor amazes us a lot. When he makes a promise, he tries to fulfill it. Actually, there are a lot of work to be done in the Oke-Ogun zone. Before now, we travelled to Gbengbeleke, Paraku (Benin Republic) to take care of our health but, by the grace of God, the facility here today will take care of infectious diseases that may want to fight us.”

The governor, while inagurating the hospital, said his administration had started revolutionising the health sector in the state. Makinde stated that with the ongoing revolution in the state’s health sector, his administration would  deliver 351 model Primary Health Care Centres at one per electoral ward  in the state before the end of its tenure in 2023.

The governor also  announced the revocation of the abandoned Saki Township road contract, which was awarded by the immediate past administration ( late Senator Abiola Ajimobi).

He said that the contract would be re-awarded to a more competent contractor within the next four weeks.

The governor said, “We were pressured to create temporary isolation centres in stadiums and other open spaces, but we remained steadfast in our resolve to upgrade existing facilities, because we saw an opportunity even in that state of despair. And this is the result of that decision.

“This infectious disease centre, as well as the one in Olodo, are direct results of our well-thought-out approach. When the history of Oyo State is written, it will be on the record that this administration turned the existing infrastructure into state-of-the-art medical facilities.”

Makinde, who made reference to how some elements in the opposition have become fond of throwing shades at his government for finishing projects left uncompleted by the immediate past administration, insisted that he would always work towards ensuring that Oyo State people get value for their money, saying “it is not about starting a project and abandoning it, but finishing it is what is essential.”