By InfactNG
PROMAD Foundation, a civic tech nongovernment organisation has written
to the ambassador of the European Union Delegation to Nigeria demanding
the completion of an abandoned health centre project in Ondo state.
In a statement made available to newsmen and signed by its Executive
Director, Daisi Omokungbe said his organisation had written to the EU
ambassador in a letter dated April 4, seeking the completion of the
project which he said would bring about the delivery of primary health
care services to the people of the community.
He said: “On March 21, we published that our ‘Follow The Projects’ (FTP)
which is a social accountability initiative discovered an abandoned
health centre funded by the European Union in Ondo State. The health
centre located at Abusoro community; Akure North local government was
built between 2017 and 2020 in the community.”
“On March 17, our project tracker team visited the project site and
discovered that the construction of the health centre has been completed
by the contractor but not sure if equipment were supplied to the health
centre. The residents of the community said the health centre has been
under lock and key since 2020 after the construction works were
completed.”
According to PROMAD’s findings, the 15 months project was awarded in
June 2017 to Cheeryha Engineering Services Nig. Ltd with 50 percent
funding from the European Union (EU), 25 percent from Akure North local
government and 25 percent from the community.
“To avoid waste of resources on the work done so far, we are appealing
to the EU Delegation to Nigeria to wade in – convene a stakeholder
forum, sort issues (If any) and mandate the contractor to deliver the
project to the community. This we believe will help the EU to achieve
the project objectives and lead to the provision of a functional primary
healthcare facility for the people of the community in Ondo State,” Mr
Omokungbe said.
