See What Nnamani Did To His Campaign For Tinubu After PDP Expulsion

See What Nnamani Did To His Campaign For Tinubu After PDP Expulsion

Despite his expulsion from the Peoples Democratic Party, Chimaroke Nnamani, former governor of Enugu State and senator representing Enugu East in the Senate, has continued to publicly support the All Progressives Congress presidential candidate, Asiwaju Bola Tinubu.

Only a week after his “illegal” expulsion from the PDP, the senator praised Tinubu for his contributions to nation building for the umpteenth time.

The PDP’s National Working Committee expelled some party chieftains, including Nnamami, on Friday for alleged anti-party activities and other violations of the party’s constitution.

However, in a statement issued on Tuesday, Nnamani praised Tinubu for significantly improving the health sector in Lagos State. During his tenure as governor, Tinubu helped to reduce the prevalence of the Human Immunodeficiency Virus and Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome, he said.

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He said, “It is to Tinubu’s credit that HIV/AIDS prevalence in Lagos state decreased from 6.7 per cent to 3.5 per cent between 1999 and 2007 while more than 2,000 women received Prevention of Mother to Child Transmission in 10 PMTCT centres set up to prevent the disease.

“Tinubu kick-started the Roll back malaria programme under which more than 3.6 million patients received free treatment and over one million treated nets as well as BCC/IEC supplied, respectively.

“To end poliomyelitis, a national immunization program was launched, Lagos State keyed in and more than 2.5 million children received the vaccines as a result.

“Under the Tinubu government, Lagos State launched a School Health Program, which provided free eyes screening and treatment for about 6,600 students and provided free milk to over 900 public schools totaling about 297,000 students.”

Nnamani emphasized that Tinubu’s free health care and reproductive program included free prenatal care for expectant mothers and children under the age of 12.

On eye diseases, Nnamani pointed out that “over 654,000 adults were examined as part of Lagos State’s Blindness Preventive Programme and 221,000 received free glasses and medication in addition to free medication, while 11,000 persons received free surgical procedures under Tinubu’s administration”

According to the Enugu-East senator, the Lagos State budget allocation for health increased from N1.6 billion to N11.8 billion between 1999 and 2006, with the state employing over 3,400 people and training over 5,000 healthcare professionals in various programs.

Nnamani recalled Tinubu implementing several allowances for medical personnel and initiating a rural health ambulance boat service, hospital-based 24 hour free emergency services, pre-hospital ambulance service, drug quality control laboratory, establishment of an environmental health monitoring unit, and completion of abandoned hospital projects, among other things, to prevent brain drain from the health sector.

He said, “Tinubu’s 10 Point Agenda, also known as the Lagos Economic Advanced Programme, a strategy to leap the state on higher sustainable growth, was admired, particularly those that concerned the full execution of health sector reforms, a development that earned the state national and international awards.”

He stated that Tinubu’s record of achievements in Lagos state puts him in better stead to lead the country at this time.

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