By Ugochukwu Alaribe
Indigenes and residents of Ntighauzo Amairi Community in Obingwa local government council of Abia State have decried the dilapidated state of their Comprehensive Health Centre, which has turned to a permanent home for reptiles and other wild animals.
The Health Centre, built through communal efforts by the ten villages of the community and commissioned by the Governor of old Imo State, Chief Sam Onunaka Mbakwe in 1983, is today a shadow of itself as the buildings, including the staff quarters, have been overgrown with weeds.
Over six gigantic buildings, including the doctors’ quarters, which was yet to be completed, now serve as abodes for lizards, rats and other bush animals who have found comfort in the expansive complex.The staff quarters has been overgrown with weeds while the roofs have been blown off, even as a part of the adjoining office blocks shows signs of great decay.
One of the buildings presently hosts a magistrate court while the Ahia Orie market has encroached into the hospital’s land.
