Okafor Pledges Support For Ogbeobi Health Centre AS ACOMIN Seeks Fridge For Vaccine Preservation

Okafor Pledges Support For Ogbeobi Health Centre AS ACOMIN Seeks Fridge For Vaccine Preservation

By Magnus Emuji 

 The Okpuenyi II ,  Obi Onyeayana Victor Okafor, has said that  investment in the health sector is critical to ensuring quality healthcare delivery at the grassroots.

Obi Okafor, a retired military officer and renowned community leader, stated this when the Delta State Chairman of the Civil Society Organisation on Malaria Control, Immunization and Nutrition (ACOMIN  CE-SI) project, Pastor Gregory Sifo and his team paid him an advocacy visit in his palace.

He called on well-meaning individuals in the community to support the upliftment of Ogbeobi Comprehensive Health Centre to enable it meet the healthcare needs of the people effectively.

Responding to ACOMIN's request for a functional refrigerator for the storage of vaccines at the health centre,  Obi Okafor assured that he would support the initiative within his capacity.

Obi Okafor commended the Pastor Sifo-led ACOMIN for its sustained efforts in improving health facilities in the community and urged residents to patronize the two health centres in the area.

He reiterated his commitment to any initiative that would benefit the community and used the opportunity to appeal to the administration of Governor Sheriff Oborevwori to rescue Amachai community from the devastating gully erosion  threatening the community, particularly Igwogwo area.

Similarly, he appealed for the construction of the road from Amachai to Akwukwu-Igbo .

Earlier, Pastor Sifo said ACOMIN is a Non-Governmental Organisation supported by the Global Fund, saddled with the responsibility of improving healthcare centres through community engagement and advocacy.

He said the organisation's major focus is to sensitize community leaders on the importance of taking ownership of their health facilities and contributing to improved service delivery.

Sifo said Ogbeobi Comprehensive Health Facility urgently needs a functional fridge to preserve vaccines, recalling that two years ago, his team visited the Oshimili North Local Government Chairman over the health facility at Obodogba, where the Chairman promised to intervene.

He also recalled that ACOMIN members had donated 10 chairs to the facility and mobilized youths to clear overgrown weeds around the centre a few years ago.