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LEON USIGBE, notes how the crises in the main political parties in the Anambra state November 6 governorship election follow a familiar trend.
GOVERNORSHIP elections in Anambra State are historical for their rancour from the buildup to party primaries through the casting of votes to post-election legal battles. As soon as Chinwoke Mbadinuju emerged the governor of the state under the PDP following the 1999 poll, he fell out with his godfather, Emeka Offor. The consequences were grave thereafter. The power struggle between the duo crippled the state administration. Even when he apparently won a return ticket for the 2003 election, Mbadinuju was excluded from the ballot amid tussle with another power broker, Chris Uba, who preferred Dr Chris Ngige instead.
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During plenary session on Thursday, the federal lawmakers said such clinics will enable medical personnel to treat sick passengers and vaccinate those who may be “travelling to countries that are susceptible to pandemics such as COVID-19 or Ebola”.
The lower legislative chamber passed the resolution, following the adoption of a motion sponsored by Emeka Chinedu, a lawmaker from Imo state.
While leading the debate on the motion, Chinedu cited a report by the Ports Health Services, noting that airports in the country are supposed to have medical centres.
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He said five airports in the country Lagos, Port Harcourt, Calabar, Kano and Abuja are presently “operating with either deplorable, little or no medical facilities”, while the others are without one.