Governor of Enugu State, Dr Peter Mbah, yesterday, signed the Enugu State University of Medical and Applied Sciences (SUMAS) Teaching Hospital Bill 2024 into law, promising to expedite action to actualise the teaching hospital immediately to provide quality training and healthcare services in Enugu North and the state in general.
Mbah, while commending the State House of Assembly for accelerating action on the executive bill, said that establishing SUMAS Teaching Hospital is in line with his manifesto.
He said: “What we have done by signing into law the Enugu State University of Medical and Applied Sciences Teaching Hospital Bill is that we now have in place a legal framework to immediately begin to put in place all that is required to upgrade SUMAS to a teaching hospital. This is part of our campaign promises, and we are committed to delivering on that expeditiously.
“We believe that the importance and significance of sitting in a teaching hospital in Enugu North zone can never be lost on us. So, we are not going to spare any time in making sure that everything necessary and required to upgrade and get the teaching hospital operational is put in place. With this law, we are going to redouble our commitment and efforts to achieve that.”
He assured the governing council and the management of SUMAS of his continued support, adding that his administration would equally be counting on their pedigree and contacts to bring the teaching hospital to fruition in record time.
