A Port Harcourt based medical expert and Deputy Director of the Environmental Health Services, Rivers State Primary Healthcare Management Board, Mr. Dakoru Davies, has called on the federal and state governments to be more committed to people-oriented health programmes that will impact positively on the lives of the masses, especially rural dwellers.
Mr. Davies, while responding to TPCN’s inquiries in his office in Portharcourt, said taking healthcare delivery to the less privileged and the vulnerable in rural communities of Nigeria should remain a prime priority for the present crops of leaders.
He urged governors and other leaders in the six geopolitical zones of the country to play supportive roles to the health needs of the electorates in their various states for the good of their health and the society in general.
According to him, when leaders play supportive roles in the health needs of the people, especially the vulnerable and less privileged in rural communities of Nigeria, it would reflect in the development of those areas.
The director also admonished the importance of African organic foods to human health, urging them to take advantage of the medical treatment to improve the health status of their families and communities.
He used the opportunity to commend Governor Nyesom Wike for his efforts at providing better healthcare services to the people and prayed God to grant the governor more wisdom and good health while in the saddle of leadership of Rivers State.
Davies also used the opportunity to enjoin the people, especially pregnant women, nursing mothers, and others to take advantage of the health facilities provided by the government within their localities for checkups, treatments, and other health needs, so as to maintain healthy lifestyles for a better tomorrow.
