The Edo State Governor, Mr. Godwin Obaseki has given insight into why he approved the sacked the commissioner for Health, Dr Samuel Alli
Alli was on Monday in a statement signed by the Secretary to the State Government, Osarodion Ogie announced the sack of the Commission left many wondering what could responsible for governors action less than 3 months to the September 21st governorship election in the state.
Obaseki while on an inspection tour of Stella Obasanjo Hospital, Sapele road undergoing construction work said the Stella Obasanjo Hospital would have been ready to be used by Edo people two months ago but the sloppiness of the Commissioner for Health Dr. Samuel Alli, has set the project back.
According to him, “The project at Stella Obasanjo Hospital should have been ready two months ago because I promised Edo people that I will complete all my projects before I leave office. I came to the conclusion that the head of the Ministry of Health, the Commissioner for Health doesn’t have the capacity to complete this project.
“I am here today with the Directors of the Ministry to give a matching order that I will now personally take responsibility to supervise all our health projects as we have not moved as fast as we should regarding a few of the health projects in the State to ensure we deliver on all the promises we made relating to the health sector in the State.”
He added, “I will be meeting with the director of health weekly and this will be the new trend as anybody who doesn’t do what he is expected to do and doesn’t have the capacity to deliver will be shown the way out.
“All the equipment of this hospital are already here but failures in decision making kept us here. For instance, a contractor gave an advance payment to the Ministry of Health on the 4th of July 2024, and as I speak today, that paperwork has not been processed. So, the contractor can’t move to site and such sloppiness affects the work of the government because people don’t care and they don’t take government work seriously. But from now on, we are going to insist that they do.”
