Post COVID-19 measures more important now, Obi tells leaders
The former Governor of Anambra State, Mr. Peter Obi, has advised those in authority and policy makers to formulate measures that will enhance living standard of living after the COVID-19 pandemic.
Mr. Peter Obi, who predicted that there would be recession in some states, urged the leaders to concentrate on how to ameliorate the immediate suffering of the people, now and after the pandemic.
Obi, who was the vice presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in the 2019 general election, spoke through the Chairman of his COVID-19 Palliative Committee, Prof. Chinyere Stella Okunna, said his obsession has been to drastically transform the economy, and improve on the well-being of the people.
Prof. Okunna was speaking when she led other Committee members to Mater Misericordae Hospital, Afikpo, Visitation Hospital, Umuchu, Diocesan Hospital, Nnewi and St. Felix Hospital, Nnewi, for palliative measures.
The four hospitals received cartons of face masks, drugs, hand sanitizers and hand gloves.
During the presentation of these items, Prof. Okunna said it was Mr. Peter Obi’s way of identifying with the suffering masses at this time of global distress. She said that Obi commended the efforts of hospitals and their personnel that were at the forefront of the fight against the COVID-19 pandemic.
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Conveying the sentiments of the receiving hospitals, the Manager of Diocesan Hospital, Nnewi, Rev. Canon Emeka Igwilo thanked Mr. Peter Obi for his continued expression of love for humanity.
Noting what he called Obi’s “good and pleasant nature as well as manifest leadership qualities”, he said that those qualities aided him to succeed as Governor of Anambra State and will certainly aid him to succeed in any environment he finds himself in.
Other members of Obi’s Palliative Committee are Former Commissioner for Information, Anambra State, Chief Barr. Joe-Martins Uzodike; Former Commissioner for Housing Anambra State, Dr. Patrick Obi and Special Adviser to Peter Obi, Barr. Valentine Obienyem.
