{"id":100076,"date":"2022-10-07T14:40:24","date_gmt":"2022-10-07T13:40:24","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/pointblanknews.com\/pbn\/?p=100076"},"modified":"2022-10-07T14:40:24","modified_gmt":"2022-10-07T13:40:24","slug":"abia-2023-apga-candidate-ibe-vows-to-rebuild-absuth","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pointblanknews.com\/pbn\/news\/abia-2023-apga-candidate-ibe-vows-to-rebuild-absuth\/","title":{"rendered":"Abia 2023: APGA candidate, Ibe vows to rebuild ABSUTH\u00a0"},"content":{"rendered":"<div dir=\"auto\">Governorship candidate of the All Progressives Grand Alliance, (APGA) in Abia State, Prof Gregory Ibe has vowed to rebuild and restore the glory of Abia State University Teaching Hospital (ABSUTH), Aba, if he is elected governor of the state in 2023.<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">Ibe who stated this during a media programme in Umuahia, alleged that the state government has abandoned ABSUTH, leading to eventual collapse of the institution.<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">The APGA candidate disclosed that his company, Skill G Limited, constructed the facility and would have no problem rebuilding it if elected.<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">He said; &#8220;I am particularly pained by government&#8217;s outright abandonment of ABSUTH, the only tertiary health institution we have in the state. How can you refuse to pay workers salaries for more than 20 months and still expect the hospital to function maximally? Abians shouldn&#8217;t worry since I have concluded plans to rebuild and restore the glory of ABSUTH if elected governor in 2023. Remember that my company Skill G Limited. designed and built that hospital almost 20 years ago, so rebuilding it will not be difficult.&#8221;<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">Emphasizing the prime position of health in his New Abia vision, Ibe added that he plans to build and equip general hospitals in the 17 council areas of the state.<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">He explained that the building of the hospitals would stimulate the secondary health sector and bringing medicare closer to the people<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">The APGA candidate stated that he intends to leverage the data collated from the just concluded free medical outreach in ensuring the provision of unique health solutions to specific groups communities within the state.<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">Arising from the free medical outreach, our team of medical personnel was able to identify diseases that are peculiar to specific regions of the state. 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