The member representing Ohaozara/Onicha/ Ivo federal constituency at the National Assembly, Nkemkanma Kama, has expressed worry over the poor state of some primary health care centers in his constituency.

He noted that unless urgent steps are taken to revitalize the centers, the rural health system may collapse.

Kama who stated this during a tour of some projects he initiated in various communities in the constituency also called for total overhaul of the healthcare system.

The lawmaker said he decided to do the tour to enable him have a first-hand information on some critical issues in his constituency, adding that he will immediately embark on the reconstruction and revitalization of some primary healthcare facilities in the area.

He said he would collaborate with the National Primary Health Care Development Agency (NPHCDA) to execute some of the projects.

Kama expressed satisfaction at the projects he attracted with many of them completed  and others are at various stages of completion. They include water boreholes, solar street lights, primary health care centres among others adding that all of them will be ready by December

“The primary health care centre in Ukawu for instance is mind bugging and I can’t understand why that community would not have such centre functional,” Kama said.

“We intend to handle about 5 of such centres across the constituency with available resources and It is not about the quantity but quality as delivering adequate health care to the people remains the primary objective.

“We are constructing 13 boreholes for 10 communities in the constituency with each getting one and some two boreholes and we are installing 50 solar street lights for each of the 34 wards of the constituency and we are committed to completing the installation in record time.”

The lawmaker also visited a makeshift bamboo bridge at Ameke- Ishiagu in Ivo Local Government Area (LGA) and a fallen bridge at Ukawu, in Onicha LGA and appealed to Governor, Francis Nwifuru to come to the aid of the two communities by providing a new bridge there.

The lawmaker who also visited some of the schools where the holiday lessons he sponsored for students was going on further explained that the initiative was to stop the children from roaming the streets during the current holidays but be confined within the school environment for tutorials.

“The extra-mural classes will harness their intellect to complement what they were taught in school and the experience will be rewarding and beneficial to the pupils and the society,” he noted.