First Lady boosts Uzodimma’s healthcare policy with 100-bed Mother and Child Centre

Photo: First Lady, Sen. Oluremi Tinubu represented by Hajiya Nana Shettima, Wife of the Vice President ( centre) Governor Hope Uzodimma CON (3rd right) his wife Barr (mrs) Chioma Uzodimma (3rd left) Wife of the Speaker House of representative ,Hajiya Fatima Tajudeen Abbas (2nd left) Senior Special Assistance to the President SDGs Princess Adejoke Orelope-Adefulire(2nd right) during the Commissioning of Mother and Child Hospital at Awo-Omamma General hospital, Oru-East LGA.

The Imo State Governor, Senator Hope Uzodimma has said that his administration is committed to reducing maternal and child mortality linked to inadequate facilities and healthcare access.

Senator Uzodimma spoke Tuesday, May 6, 2025, at the inauguration of the 100-bed ‘Her Excellency Senator Oluremi Tinubu Mother and Child Centre’ in Awo-Omamma, Imo State, a project initiated by Nigeria’s First Lady to boost the healthcare policy of the Governor.

The hospital was built and fully equipped under the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) initiative of President Bola Ahmed Tinubu, and designated specifically for the benefit of women and children in Imo State.

Senator Uzodimma who expressed gratitude to the First Lady of Nigeria, and the Office of the President on SDGs for coordinating and bringing the project to fruition, noted that the Centre will further expand the medical outreach in Imo State as his administration has introduced mobile rural clinics, built three new General Hospitals, renovated several Health Centres across the State,

and re-energised the Specialist Hospital at Umuguma, in Owerri.

The Governor equally disclosed that his administration also revived the Imo State University Teaching Hospital Orlu, making it functional, including working hard to restore the lost accreditation of the medical school.

He therefore assured that Her Excellency Oluremi Tinubu Mother and Child Centre will be maintained, properly staffed, and fully deployed for the purpose it was built.

Governor Uzodimma also used the opportunity to call on the Community to take full possession of the facility by ensuring that vandals are kept at bare. He assured them of government’s preparedness to assist them protect the Centre.

The wife of the President, Senator Oluremi Tinubu, who was represented by the wife of the Vice President, Hajia Nana Shettima, expressed gratitude to the Imo State Government and the Senior Special Assistant to the President on SDGs for the realisation of the 100-bed medical facility, emphasising the significance of maternal and child healthcare’s role in building a healthier society.

Hajia Shettima challenged the Awo Omamma Community to utilise and take ownership of the Centre in the greatest interest of the State, while pledging that the office of the First Lady will continue to partner with the State Government to strive for excellence in healthcare delivery.

In her remarks, the wife of the Imo State Governor,  Barr. (Mrs.) Chioma Uzodimma commended the First lady of the Federal Republic of Nigeria for her “vision and commitment to the well-being of Nigerian women which has resulted to the establishment of the Mother and Child Centre in Imo State.”

Mrs. Uzodimma also thanked President Tinubu “for his constant support, and for providing enabling environment for impactful programmes.”

She noted: “Through the Renewed Hope Initiative, the First Lady has shown extra-ordinary dedication in reducing maternal and child mortality, ensuring that no woman loses her life during child birth, and every child given a fair opportunity to survive and thrive.”

She described the 100-bed healthcare facility as a “beacon of hope for countless mothers and children in Imo State and beyond,” pointing out that “the project will complement the ongoing efforts of the Imo State government under the leadership of Governor Hope Uzodimma to improve healthcare delivery system.”

In her address, the Senior Special Assistant to the President on Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), Princess Adejoke Orelope-Adefulere commended Governor Uzodimma for his unwavering support to the federal government, and partnership which she said, “has brought about the realisation of the Mother and Child Centre named after Her Excellency Senator Oluremi Tinubu.”

Orelope-Adefulere who said that the Centre is equipped with all the facilities to deal with mother and child related issues, encouraged Imo people to protect and take advantage of the facility to create a future where every mother and child can thrive.

She further hinted that her Office will continue to partner with the Imo State Government to serve them better.

Earlier in her welcome remarks, the Commissioner for Primary Health, Dr. (Mrs.) Vivian Chioma Egu expressed joy at the event, describing it as “historic and a promise fulfilled.”

She thanked the Presidency and the Imo State Government for the collaborative efforts towards promoting healthcare delivery system in the State.

The inauguration was attended by dignitaries from all walks of life, with a large turn out of women who celebrated the flag-off as their own with pomp and circumstance.