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Abia State Government says it will collaborate with Cuba to develop the State’s health sector and find solution to health issues in the State.
Governor Okezie Ikpeazu, disclosed this while hosting Carlos Trejo Sosa, Cuban Ambassador to Nigeria, who was on an official visit to the State.
He explained that Abia wants to partner with a country that has the same understanding and appreciated the fact that Cuba has historical tie with Nigeria and especially, Southern Nigeria, which Abia belongs.
According to the Governor, “in Abia, we are prepared to learn from Cuba and take our destinies in our own hands”, assuring that Abia has chosen a right partner in Cuba, as the country is known to be at the apex of medical experience.
He observed that everybody appreciates the doctor-patient relationship in Cuba, stressing that Abia would open a channel by which doctors, nurses and paramedical personnel could be sent and trained in Cuba as well as have intercourse of medical ideas.
Governor Ikpeazu used the opportunity to inform the visiting Ambassador that Abia has the greatest concentration of Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises, as the State is the hub of trade and commerce in Nigeria.
He disclosed further that Aba has comparative advantage in finished leather production-shoe, belt and bags and garment, stressing that the State wishes to partner with Cuba in that regard too.
Carlos Trejo Sosa, Cuban ambassador to Nigeria, explained that he was in the State to find ways to collaborate with Abia State to assist in the area of health system following series of interactions with Abia Ministry of Health.
He assured that he would make his people understand that they can partner with Abia and convince them to disregard some media reports against Nigeria, affirming that Nigeria and Abia is conducive for business.
The Ambassador disclosed that Cuba is known to have a better approach to healthcare, as they take their patients as patients and not as clients.
John Ahukanna, Abia commissioner for Health had earlier explained that the visit was as result of series of interactions between the Ambassador and Abia government on how to build relationship in the healthcare system.
He informed that the particular areas of interest of the State were in training of medical personnel and medical technology, hoping that the State would soon begin to enjoy the outcome of the relationship.
