The governor of Abia State, Alex Otti, has announced that the state legislature will soon decide to raise the retirement age for nurses in the state from sixty to sixty-five years.<\/p>\n
Otti made this statement on Friday during his monthly interactive session with journalists at Government House, Umuahia.<\/p>\n
He claimed that the action was a component of the government’s determination to modernize the health system, which is one of his administration’s top priorities.<\/p>\n
He said that teachers’ retirement age had already been raised by the government from 60 to 65 years old.<\/p>\n
The governor added that plans to establish a cutting-edge medical city had been finalized by the government.<\/p>\n
Otti stated that the project’s committee had been formed and the site had been decided upon.<\/p>\n
In order to carry out the project, he stated that the government would work with the organizations Extended Hands and Lifted Hands, two groups that organize international medical missions.<\/p>\n
\u201cWe are committing everything to it because it is going to be one of our signature projects.<\/p>\n
\u201cThe whole idea is to reverse medical tourists into Abia,\u201d Otti said.<\/p>\n
He further said that the government under his watch had so far been able to operate without borrowing any money.<\/p>\n
According to him, the government has quite a few offers that are tempting \u201cand we believe that at the appropriate time, we will access them.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cWe are working on African Development Bank and Islamic Development Bank Group facilities.<\/p>\n
\u201cThe terms are generous and we believe that when we need them; we will be able to access any of them.<\/p>\n
\u201cI can say that the state of the state is healthy, but we will continue to keep our eye on the ball,\u201d the governor said.<\/p>\n
He also discussed the meager progress that has been made thus far in a number of state industries, including agriculture.<\/p>\n
He declared that the plantations growing palm, rubber, cocoa, and other crops that had been granted to private owners by earlier governments had been successfully reclaimed by the government.<\/p>\n
The governor encouraged the people of the state to continue their support in order to construct a new Abia and thanked them for it.<\/p>\n
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