Mohammed Shosanya
A professional group,Legacy Stars of Ibadan, (LSI),has implored the Federal Government to suspend and probe the current and the previous management of the University College Hospital (UCH) in the last 10 years
The group noted that this is necessary in order to address and find the lasting solutions to the incessant power outage in the teaching hospital.
The club suggested this in a press statement issued at the end of its monthly meeting held on Sunday at Ibadan House, Oke Aremo.
The management of the hospital,had in the last few months being experiencing power outage over debt from Ibadan Electricity Distribution Company (IBEDC).
IBEDC in March this year cut off the power supply to the hospital due electricity debt.
The electricity distribution company also in November this year cut off the power supply to the hospital due to debt.
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In a statement on Monday signed by its President, Mogaji Saheed Oyewale and Secretary, Barrister Kazeem Oladepo,the group called on the federal government and the Minister of Health and Social Welfare, Professor Muhammad Ali Pate, to probe the current and previous management of the hospital over the incessant power outage in the hospital.
“The monthly meeting of LSI was held on Sunday, 1st December, 2024. Various issues affecting Ibadan, Oyo state and Nigeria in general were discussed and deliberated upon.
“One of the issues discussed and deliberated upon is the issue of incessant power outage at UCH and this was deliberated by members present.
“We observed at the meeting that UCH has been having power outage in the last few months. The power supply was cut off in March this year. It was resolved when some individuals intervened. Recently, the power supply was cut off due to electricity debt.
“When there is no light, major things that should be done will not be done. The hospital is facing a lot of challenges and we don’t want this to continue.
“Many people who supposed to get medical attention in the hospital could not be attended to and this will have negative consequences on the health outcome of the people in general.
“We observed that this is an embarrassment. We want the federal government under the leadership of President Bola Ahmed Tinubu and the Minister of Health and Social Welfare to beam their searchlights and probe the current management and the previous ones.
“We have heard a lot of challenges facing the hospital. UCH as a tertiary health institution should not be in this sorry condition. The federal government should do something”.
