Former Presidential candidate of Labour Party (LP), Mr. Peter Obi, has called on government at all levels to invest in health and education.
Obi said this yesterday in Benin, at the premises of St Philomena Hospital School of Nursing Sciences, where he donated ₦15 million for the completion of an ongoing building project.
“Like I always say, school is the most important investment you can do to humanity is: number one, education; number two, is health. It is said that a healthy nation is a wealthy nation. So, we must invest in health”
According to him, every nation must invest heavily in health and education to be truly wealthy.
“The most important measurable development is health, education and pulling people out of poverty, and I am concentrated in the three of them. That is why every week, I go to health facilities and schools to support them.
“You can’t talk about health without talking about human capital infrastructure in it. The most important infrastructure in health are the nurses because they are the closest to the patients,” he said.
Obi, however, noted that the world may experience shortage of nurses by the year 2030, because as their services are always in demand.In his vote of thanks, the Provost of the School, Fr Jerome Idebe, commended the president for supporting the school.
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