Kogi State House of Assembly has commended the Nigerian Army for her timely support to the health care delivery system in Oziokutu, Adavi Local Government Area of the state.
In a motion of urgent public importance moved by the lawmaker representing Adavi State Constituency, Asema Baba Haruna on the floor of the House, said the Nigerian Army through the Special Intervention Civil Military Cooperation Projects authorized its Deputy Chief of Policy and Plans, Major General Usman Otaru to execute a massive project in Kogi State.
According to him, the Ozi-Okutu Hospital was established in 1982 by the former Governor of Kwara State, Late Adamu Attah to provide and promote quality healthcare delivery services to the people of Oziokutu and its environs got inevitably exposed to dilapidation after decades of operation.
The lawmaker noted that the Deputy Chief of Policy and Plans of the Nigerian Army who is a patriotic son of the soil, concerned by the negative impact of the dilapidation of the facility considered it necessary to revamp the glory of the Hospital by renovating the structures, building new ones and replacing the obsolete equipment with modern ones.
Asema appreciated Governor Ahmed Usman Ododo for his leadership roles at the commissioning of the New Edifice and Renovated structures at Oziokutu Hospital in Adavi Local Government Area.
The lawmaker also commended the Deputy Chief of Policy and Plans of the Nigerian Army, Major General Usman Otaru for facilitating a new Oziokutu Hospital among other selfless service to the Oziokutu community in Adavi Local Government.
Seconding the motion, the member representing Dekina Biraidu State Constituency, Usman Ochidi appreciated Major General Usman Otaru for facilitating the Hospital project for the health care delivery system.
While aligning herself with the motion, the Deputy Speaker and member Representing Ibaji State Constituency, Comfort Unwuchola Egwuaba commended the Nigerian Army for the timely support of the healthcare delivery system and appealed for an extension of the project to Ibaji Local Government.
In his submission, the Speaker of Kogi State House of Assembly, Aliyu Umar Yusuf, thanked Major General Usman Otaru for giving back to society.
