The Abia State Chapter of All Progressives Congress (APC) has accused Governor Okezie Ikpeazu-led Abia State government of playing politics with the Coronavirus pandemic.
In a statement issued in Umuahia, signed by the party’s Publicity Secretary, Mr. Benedict Godson, made available to The NEXT EDITION in Lagos, APC while advising Abia residents to abide by the guidelines set by the government to protect themselves, accused the government of playing politics with the COVID-19.
The party wondered why the government had refused to show Abian people the isolation centres in Abia State University of University Teaching Hospital (ABSUTH) and the one at Abia North.
The party also queried Ikpeazu on why he refused to appreciate Dr. Alex Otti, the APC governorship candidate in the 2019 election, who it said was the first to donate PPE and COVID-19 kits to the state.
The party stated: “We must state it clearly that the government of the day should try and be more open and not claim that everything is in place, while in the real sense, nobody in this government can boldly snap or show us a video of the much talked about readiness.
“Abia was the first state in the South-East that told everyone that they’ve mapped out three isolation centres to manage any COVID-19 patients in the state. But, unlike this government, they’ve not done their usual picture or short comical video to show us the centres and the equipment there in.
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“We’re beginning to read that the Amachara Specialist Hospital and Abia State University Teaching Hospital, which they said are among their isolation centres, have absolutely nothing to show as claimed.
“Since the past one or two weeks they claimed they’ve gotten three isolation centres and awaiting the fourth in Abia North, the governor is yet to even state the location of the fourth or take medical personnel, television, radio and newspaper journalists to snap and show people the other ready centres.
“Must we play politics with something as deadly as COVID-19? How can someone claim that ABSUTH is an isolation centre, while the road leading to that hospital has already isolated the hospital from the rest of the state?
“Can the governor boldly take journalists in his convoy and go to ABSUTH this rainy season to face the shame there?”
