By PAMELA EBOH, Awka

Outgoing President, Muhammadu Buhari, would be visiting Anambra State on Thursday, May 18, 2023, on official visit to commission the Permanent Site of the Nnamdi Azikiwe University Teaching Hospital (NAUTH), Nnewi, the country home of late Dim Emeka Odumegwu Ojukwu.

A release by the Head of Corporate Affairs Department of NAUTH, Nnewi, Mrs. M.C. Onwuka, said that President Buhari would also commission some Sustainable Development Goals (SDG) projects at the institution, same day.

Mrs Onwuka also disclosed that the day would also mark the groundbreaking ceremony of the Igwe Orizu International ICT Centre. Igwe Orizu is the Traditional Ruler of Nnewi.

The Head of Corporate Affairs Department of NAUTH reeled out some of the facilities to be commissioned at NAUTH Permanent Site to include Specialty Building, Medical Ward Complex, Accident & Emergency Complex, Mother & Child Center, TRAUMA Ward and Special Treatment Center.

Others are the Molecular Laboratory, Pediatric Emergency Building, Surgical Ward Complex, Diagnostic Center, Tiled Road Networks 1, 2, 3, & 4, Oxygen Plant, and Cryogenic Oxygen Production Unit, among others.

According to the statement, guests expected at the event include Anambra State Governor, Prof. Chukwuma Soludo, named as the Special Guest of Honour; the Honourable Minister of Health, Dr. Ehanire Osagie, the Guest of Honour; the Senior Special Assistant to the President on SDGs, Odejoke Orelope-Adefulire, Distinguished Guest; among other expected guests and personalities from both within and outside the State.

The event which would be hosted by the Chief Medical Director (CMD) of NAUTH, Dr. Joseph O. Ugboaja, is also expected to be graced by H.R.H. Igwe Kenneth Orizu of Nnewi, as Royal Father of the Day.

Buhari's visit, if he attends the occasion on Friday, would be the second time he would be visiting the state in his eight-year administration which would end on May 29, 2023.

The President’s first visit to the state was in 2019, when he visited to campaign and appeal for votes from the people of the state, ahead of the 2019 general election that returned him for a second term in office.

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