Ugwuanyi supports Fr. Mbaka, foreign firm to establish University Hospital
Ugwuanyi who spoke when the Spiritual Director of AMEN, Rev.
Fr. Ejike Mbaka, led the Group Chairman of HP Kapital Limited, Nandishwar
Kaushal and his team to visit him, at the Government House, Enugu, said the
state government will do all that is required, considering its limited
resources, to assist and ensure that the laudable project succeeds.
The delegation visited Gov. Ugwuanyi to formally inform him
of their remodeling plan for the Adoration Centre to serve as a multifunctional
facility to include a University Hospital of international standard with
specialized medical services such as a helipad and air ambulance, a five star
hotel, recreation facility and convention centre, among others.
Requesting for land for the project, the delegation also
informed the governor of their plan to build an energy plant to manage waste
and convert it to wealth. They equally said they will build three factories
that would employ 600 people locally, who will be trained by 40 engineers to be
trained abroad, among other inherent benefits to the state and the local
community.
Speaking further, Ugwuanyi expressed delight at the project
action plan which was in line with the accomplishments of his administration in
creating jobs for the youth and providing qualitative and affordable healthcare
services to residents of the state, including the rural dwellers.
The governor, who noted that Fr. Mbaka has paid his dues,
stressed that his administration will continue to support and encourage any
venture that would create jobs and add value to the economy of the state and
the living standard of the people.
“I want to assure and reassure you that the Enugu State
Government will do all that is required, giving our limited resources, to
assist you”, he said.
Earlier in his presentation, the Group Chairman of HP
Kapital Limited, Kaushal, informed Gov. Ugwuanyi the University Hospital will
be affiliated with “your University here (ESUT) and AU University in Britain”,
adding that “the degrees that will be issued will be in collaboration with your
University and AU British University”.
He disclosed that the company hopes to have an initial
strength of 7,500 students in a number of different Curriculums, “not only
medicine”, explaining further that “the staff accommodation is going to be
2,500 people” locally and internationally.
On corporate social responsibility, the chairman stated that
they will help the needy and the less privileged, revealing that “10 percent of
all beds, no matter the cost of the bill, we will treat those patients for free
so far those persons are registered citizens of Enugu State”.
Corroborating, Fr. Mbaka thanked Ugwuanyi for his fatherly support, pointing
out that it would be a thing of joy “the generation to come will know that this
project came to be in Gburugburu’s (Gov. Ugwuany’s) time”.
The AMEN Spiritual Director maintained that the project is
coming to Enugu State because of the existing peace and the enabling
environment provided by the governor.
According to him, “The HP Kapital Limited is not just coming
as a mono entrepreneurial team; we are partnering with them. It is a holistic
partnership between them and Adoration Ministry. All you have suggested are in
tandem with our vision and mission. More so when you talked about the
charitable dimension and how this will be beneficial to the inherent resident
community; it is part and parcel of our dream”.
Fr. Mbaka prayed for the timely commencement and successful
completion of the project, and assured Ugwuanyi of their collective commitment
and determination to ensure that he inaugurates some of the projects before the
end of his administration.
“Your Excellency, by the time you are not in the office as a Governor of Enugu State there are a lot of things for which you should be remembered for. And I pray that among all the credible, multiple, pragmatic, and demonstrated developments, one of them should be this project we have come with today”, he said.
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