Polobubo Community Jubilates, As Gov. Oborevwori Orders Conversion Of Cottage Hospital To General Hospital, Recruitment Of Staff

PRESS RELEASE

Your Excellency, Governor Sheriff Oborevwori, Governor of Delta State.

We, the representatives of the good people of Polobubo (Tsekelewu) Community of Warri North Local Government Area express our gratitude to you for the prompt response to our request to rehab and make the Tsekelewu cottage hospital functional. Your directive to take over the Tsekelewu cottage hospital, rehabilitate, recruit staff, and upgrade it to a General Hospital was met with jubilation and hope for quality healthcare in our great oil and gas producing community and the surrounding oil and gas producing riverine communities in Warri North LGA.

We are compelled to bring to your attention that despite your directive, little progress has been made in the rehabilitation and recruitment of staff to make the Tsekelewu Cottage Hospital functional. Therefore, Your Excellency, there is an urgent need for your intervention to save the lives of our people.

Regrettably, despite three assessment visits (May 31, June 23, and July 11, 2025) by officials from the Delta State Ministry of Health, Housing, Works, and Water Resources to the Tsekelewu Cottage Hospital based on your explicit directives, has not yielded significant progress on the rehabilitation and recruitment of staff for the Tsekelewu Cottage Hospital to make it functional, leaving our people vulnerable to avoidable deaths and suffering. In addition, since the Delta State Contributory Pension Scheme withdrew its staff in July 2025 because of the transfer of the Tsekelewu Cottage Hospital to the Delta State Hospital Management Board for effective and efficient delivery of health care services to our suffering people, the hospital has been left unmanned, without even security personnel, exposing it to theft and vandalism.

The lack of progress in the takeover of this hospital is exacerbating the healthcare crisis, and we fear that the situation will worsen in the days and weeks ahead if immediate action is not taken.

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We humbly plead with Your Excellency to intervene and expedite the takeover process, ensuring the rehabilitation, staffing, and equipping of the hospital to provide essential healthcare services and bring succour to our great oil and gas producing community (Tsekelewu) and other surrounding oil and Gas producing communities in Warri North LGA.

We believe in your commitment to the MORE Agenda and trust that you will act swiftly to restore hope to our people.

Signed:

Dr. Bright Abulu (PhD)
President-General, Polobubo (Tsekelewu) Community

Rev. Clement Tiemo (JP+)
Secretary-General, Polobubo (Tsekelewu) Community