FROM IKHILI EBALU, BENIN CITY
Presidential candidate of Labour Party, LP, in the 2023 general elections, Mr Peter Obi has described health and education as the most important investments one can do for humanity.
Obi stated this yesterday in Benin City at St Philomena Hospital School of Nursing Sciences, where he donated N15 million for the completion of an ongoing building project.
He noted that every nation must invest heavily in health and education to be truly wealthy.
“Like I always say, school is the most important investment you can do for humanity, number one, education; number two, is health. It is said that a healthy nation is a wealthy nation. So, we must invest in health.
“The most important measurable development is health, education and pulling people out of poverty, and I will concentrate in the three of them. That is why every week, I go to health facilities and schools to support them,” he said.
The former Anambra State governor noted that it was impossible to talk about health without human capital infrastructure in the sector, adding that the most important infrastructure in health are nurses because they are the closest to the patients.
While calling on government and well-meaning Nigerians to invest in the youths, he noted that life without support or help to humanity is not worth living.
Obi, who predicted that the world might experience shortage of nurses by the year 2030 because their services are always in demand, disclosed that he visits over 50 nursing schools and hospitals every year to support them.
In his vote of thanks, Provost of the school, Reverend Father Jerome Idebe, who recalled that the former presidential candidate also visited the school last year to donate a huge sum of money, thanked him for the N15 million support to the school.
