The Chairman of the Senate Committee on Local Content, Senator Natasha Akpoti-Uduaghan, has sought urgent attention for the Ukpogo Cottage Hospital in Okene, which is an annex of the Federal Medical Centre, FMC, Lokoja, the Kogi State capital, in the 2025 budget.
The lawmaker, who represents Kogi Central Senatorial District, said the call became necessary to ensure that the hospital's operations are up to par, providing quality healthcare services to the community.
Why has it not been operational, considering the fact that it is an extension of the Federal Medical Centre, Lokoja, and was established purposely to cater for accidents and armed robbery cases along the busy Okene-Auchi road?,' she queried. The lawmaker also demanded to know if the operationality of the facility was captured in the 2025 budget. In response, Dr. Olatunde Alabi, the Chief Medical Director of FMC Lokoja, explained that the facility was handed over to them four years ago.
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