The Nigerian Navy has inaugurated a newly constructed mini health centre project in Odawu Joinkrama III Community, Ahoada West Local Government Area (LGA) of Rivers.
The project was inaugurated under the Special Intervention Quick Impact Project Scheme of the Chief of Naval Staff, Vice Admiral Emmanuel Ogalla.
Rear Adm. Clinton Izu, the project facilitator and an indigene of the community, described the initiative as part of the Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) of the Navy to its host communities.
“Today is the commissioning of this health facility in my honour under the Chief of the Naval Staff, Vice Admiral Emmanuel Ogalla Special Intervention Quick Impact Project,” Izu said.
Izu explained that the health centre was built to address the challenge of accessing health services in the community, following the decline of the Joinkrama Main Hospital.
“The idea of building this Mini Health Center was conceived as a stop gap measure to breach the challenge of accessing health services following the moribund Joinkrama Main Hospital at Ususu Joinkrama 1,” he said.
The facility includes a consulting room, male and female wards, maternity ward, laboratory, pharmacy, and borehole, among others.
Ogalla, represented by Rear Adm. Saheed Akinwande, emphasized that civil-military cooperation initiatives like the project contributed to national development and aligned with the Federal Government’s Renewed Hope Agenda.
“Such efforts reflected the Navy’s commitment to supporting local communities beyond its core security mandate,” Akinwande said.
The Rivers State Administrator, Rtd. Vice Admiral Ibok Ete Ibas, commended the Navy for its community support and urged residents to maintain and protect the facility.
King Moore Maclean Okilomu, Ibe of Engenni Kingdom, also commended the Nigerian Navy for choosing their community for the project.
“I also thank the leadership of the Nigerian Navy for choosing our community as a beneficiary of such a good project. It is a mark of confidence in the people,” Okilomu said.
