The newly rebuilt and equipped Accident and Emergency Unit of the University of Uyo Teaching Hospital, UUTH Uyo, was on Tuesday, December 12, 2023 officially commissioned for use by the Honourable Minister Of State for Petroleum, in charge of Gas Resources, Obongemem Ekperikpe Ekpo.
Leading a delegation of Nigeria LNG Limited (NLNG), sponsors of the project, Rt. Hon. Ekperikpe Ekpo, commissioned the world class facility amidst pomp and as the people of the State and the host community who came out in their numbers were all joy.
The Honourable Minister Of State for Petroleum, Obongemem Ekperikpe Ekpo and wife with Secretary to the Akwa Ibom State Government, Prince Enobong Uwah and Chief Medical Director of UUTH (CMD), Prof Emem Bassey at the Accident and Emergency Unit of UUTH .
The Chief Medical Director of UUTH (CMD), Prof Emem Bassey, who is famously known as Mr. Infrastructure within the UUTH community thanked the Honourable Minister and the NLNG for their timely intervention, and assured that the newly rebuilt unit would go a long way in saving lives.
In his brief remark, the State governor, Pastor Umo Eno, ably represented by the Secretary to the State Government, Prince Enobong Uwah, thanked the federal government and the NLNG for seeing the lives and well-being of Akwa Ibom people as a priority.
In ending his speech, the governor recognised the Honourable Minister Of State, Obongemem Ekperikpe Ekpo as bridge builder, who holds back nothing wherever the interest of the State is served.