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Abia community groans over abandoned health centre rotting away for years
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Abia community groans over abandoned health centre rotting away for years

Residents of Ntighauzo Amairi Community in Abia State, Nigeria, are expressing frustration over the severe deterioration of their once-functional Comprehensive Health Centre, which has fallen into disrepair and is now inhabited by wildlife. Built in 1983 through communal effort and commissioned by then-Governor of old Imo State, Chief Sam Onunaka Mbakwe, the facility has been largely abandoned due to years of neglect by successive local and state governments. The structure, which included staff quarters and medical facilities, is now overgrown with vegetation, with parts of it repurposed for a magistrate court and encroached upon by a local market. Formerly a vital resource for maternal care in the region, the center is now seen as a symbol of governmental failure to maintain essential infrastructure. Residents recall a 'golden era' when the center was well-maintained and actively used, but they now urge the state government to take action before it continues to decay.

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Abia community groans over abandoned health centre rotting away for years

Residents of Ntighauzo Amairi Community in Abia State, Nigeria, are expressing frustration over the severe deterioration of their once-functional Comprehensive Health Centre, which has fallen into disrepair and is now inhabited by wildlife. Built in 1983 through communal effort and commissioned by then-Governor of old Imo State, Chief Sam Onunaka Mbakwe, the facility has been largely abandoned due to years of neglect by successive local and state governments. The structure, which included staff quarters and medical facilities, is now overgrown with vegetation, with parts of it repurposed for a magistrate court and encroached upon by a local market. Formerly a vital resource for maternal care in the region, the center is now seen as a symbol of governmental failure to maintain essential infrastructure. Residents recall a 'golden era' when the center was well-maintained and actively used, but they now urge the state government to take action before it continues to decay.

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