Governor Alex Otti of Abia State has appealed to medical graduates of Abia State University Uturu, ABSU, not to emigrate (popular as ‘Japa’) but to stay back home and help the battered health sector.
Governor Otti made the plea at the 30th induction ceremony of 129 medical doctors who graduated from the Abia university.
Meanwhile, three medical students died in an accident while returning from the ceremony. Two more were injured.
Otti said that the renovation of Abia State University Teaching Hospital, ABSUTH, was just the beginning of the massive transformation.
He expressed joy that ABSUTH had regained its lost accreditation. Also, the governor expressed confidence that the forthcoming residency accreditation will be successful.
Otti urged the graduating Abia doctors to have faith in the country and stay back to help tackle the health challenges at home instead.
He recalled that he met enormous decay in the system. He said he had started addressing them.
Furthermore, Governor Otti of Abia reiterated his unwavering determination to change the narrative in the health sector.
He was represented by the Commissioner for Health, Dr Ngozi Okoronkwo, at the induction of the Abia medical graduates.
Peoplesmind