The Osun State chapter of the All Progressives Congress has accused some officers of the state authorities of carting away gadgets on the Nigerian Federal Authorities’s Mom and Youngster Care Hospital situated at Oke-Oniti Osogbo.
In accordance with the foremost opposition celebration within the state, the Federal Authorities has been alerted to beam its searchlight on the alleged ongoing looting of the federal hospital in Osogbo and sharp practices within the accreditation of some medical programs within the Osun State College Educating Hospital by the administration of Governor Ademola Adeleke.
Kola Olabisi, the Director of Media and Data of the APC, recalled that some involved residents raised an alarm days in the past that people believed to be a part of Governor Adeleke’s administration had allegedly invaded the Nigerian Federal Authorities’s Mom and Youngster care Hospital situated at Oke-Oniti Osogbo to cart away all medical gear stored within the facility, “presumably in anticipation of an accreditation group’s inspection go to to the College of Osun Educating Hospital in Osogbo.”
Surprisingly, in accordance with him, the Osun State Authorities by way of the Chief Medical Director of Uniosun Educating Hospital, Dr Babatunde Afolabi, confirmed the allegation that the gear was moved from the Federal Authorities facility to the state instructing hospital for the aim of accreditation.
“In accordance with Afolabi, “Lately, gear was relocated from the centre to the principle hospital for postgraduate accreditation functions, following due course of involving related models, together with Belongings Administration, Audit, and Medical departments. The gear will likely be returned to the centre after the accreditation train, which commences tomorrow.”
“He acknowledged additional within the assertion launched to the media to make clear the allegation that: “The Mom and Youngster care Hospital at Oke-Oniti is an extension of UNIOSUN Educating Hospital Osogbo and was handed over to us three years in the past. The hospital awaits IBEDC connection and staffing to begin operations.
“He additionally confirmed that medical gadgets on the centre have been reported stolen final 12 months and investigation launched to unravel the stealing had not been accomplished.”
Olabisi defined that the Mom and Youngster care Hospital in Osogbo was commissioned in 2022 as a part of the Sustainable Improvement Objectives initiative of late President Muhammadu Buhari geared toward enhancing maternal and baby well being in Osun State.
He mentioned the hospital at commissioning had over 100-bed capability, 4 labour rooms, working theatres, VIP wards and workplaces, absolutely geared up.
“It’s disheartening that the state authorities has allowed the centre to deplore whereas amenities put in there are each day looted by the state authorities officers to fraudulently deliver glory to the state authorities.
“We, as a celebration, are hereby alerting the Federal Authorities of the seeming political undertone across the centre and in addition imploring the Federal Authorities as a matter of urgency to plan a method to get better her gear within the custody of Osun State Authorities and revamp the centre for efficient use of the residents,” he added.