Ize-Iyamu assures health workers better days

&NewLine;<p>Ize-Iyamu Osagie&comma; the All Progressives Congress candidate in Edo election has assured workers of better days when he assumes office&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<p>In specific&comma; Ize-Iyamu has &nbsp&semi;assured physicians in the State of his commitment to repositioning the state&&num;8217&semi;s healthcare system&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<p>He promises to achieve this through &nbsp&semi;his manifesto-the SIMPLE Agenda-when he assumes office as Governor&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<p>Speaking during an interactive session with Nigerian Medical Association &lpar;NMA&rpar; in Benin City&comma; he said the security aspect of his SIMPLE Agenda covers the safety and security of all health personnel and facilities in the state&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<p>Pastor Ize-Iyamu added that his social <a href&equals;"http&colon;&sol;&sol;www&period;punchng&period;com">welfare policy<&sol;a> will prioritize healthcare for all citizens&period; He emphasized particularly for women during their antenatal and infants by providing free medical services to them&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<p>Delving into the Infrastructural development and urban renewal&comma; he disclosed his plans to &&num;8220&semi;massively transform medical facilities across the state&period; He promises to make them functional so that health workers and patients can have a conducive environment all together&period;&&num;8221&semi;<&sol;p>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<p>On manpower development and training&comma;<a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;openlife&period;ng&sol;"> Pastor<&sol;a> Ize-Iyamu said his government would place greater emphasis on training&comma; retraining of medical personnel&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<p>&OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;To achieve maximum performance&comma; we would &nbsp&semi;utilize the opportunity provided by University of Benin Teaching Hospital in the state capital&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<p>&&num;8220&semi;Government can&&num;8217&semi;t do it all&period; We intend to partner with medical practitioners in the area of Public Private Partnership in the SIMPLE Agenda&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<h2 class&equals;"wp-block-heading"><strong>SIMPLE AGENDA<&sol;strong><&sol;h2>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<p>&&num;8220&semi;We will also collaborate with private hospitals and work out ways we can co-operate&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<p>On the SIMPLE Agenda&comma; the APC candidate said &&num;8220&semi;We intend to also ensure transparency and accountability in government&comma; respect the rule of law&period; APC government is interested in the funding of our hospitals as the current state of our hospitals are unacceptable&period;&&num;8221&semi;&nbsp&semi;<&sol;p>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<p>Pastor Ize-Iyamu was of the view that&comma; &&num;8220&semi;In a place like <a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;openlife&period;ng&sol;">Central Hospital<&sol;a> for example&comma; the Internally Generated Revenue on a monthly basis is close to N40million&period; But what Government gives them is N4million&comma; which is barely 10&percnt; of what they generate&period; That isn&&num;8217&semi;t reasonable at all&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<p>Therefore&comma; Government must have a deliberate policy to ensure that funds are available&comma; at least a reasonable amount for them to run effectively&period;&&num;8221&semi;<&sol;p>&NewLine;