Reporter : Oby Arinze.
The Anambra State House of Assembly has unanimously adopted performance audit reports on the State Universal Basic Education Board, ASUBEB, and Primary Health Care Services. The reports were considered during Thursday’s plenary in Awka, where the Chairman of the House Committee on Public Accounts, Mr. Noble Igwe, presented the findings. On ASUBEB, the committee acknowledged progress in classroom rehabilitation and provision of instructional materials across the state.
It, however, identified challenges in the distribution of teachers to rural areas, school infrastructure and the accuracy of school data. The committee recommended stronger internal controls, timely release of funds, continuous recruitment and incentives for teachers serving in rural communities, as well as regulation of high fees charged by government-assisted mission schools. The motion for adoption of the report was moved by Mr. Ejike Okechukwu and seconded by Mr. Augustine Ike.
Also adopted was the performance audit report on primary health care services in the state. The committee noted improvements in healthcare infrastructure but I expressed concern over shortages of doctors, nurses and midwives, inadequate medical equipment and essential drugs, as well as irregular water and electricity supply in some health facilities. It called for immediate recruitment and equitable deployment of health personnel, timely release of funds, improved maintenance of facilities and stronger monitoring of healthcare funds, including the Basic Health Care Provision Fund and Anambra State Health insurance Agency.
In another development, the House considered a motion on the prevention of Haemolytic Disease of the Newborn, HDN, sponsored by Mr. Noble Igwe. The motion urged Governor Chukwuma Soludo and the Commissioners for Health and Information and Value Reformation to ensure that Rho(D) Immune Globulin injections are accessible, affordable and adequately publicised across the state.
The Assembly also observed a minute of solemnity following the death of a former member, Mr. Sunny Ozobia, who represented Nnewi South One Constituency in the Seventh Assembly. Mr Ozobia, who hailed from Ekwulumili, died last month while funeral arrangements are expected to be announced by his family. The House thereafter adjourned plenary to Tuesday, September 22, 2026.