Governor Alex Otti of Abia State has ordered the immediate restoration of power supply to all government offices and facilities in the state.

He gave the order when the State Commissioner for Health, Dr. Ngozi Okoronkwo, briefed Otti on her ministry’s activities in the past week.

“If there are bills to be paid, we’ll pay them and get the facilities reconnected. We cannot afford to have government offices and facilities without electricity,” Governor Otti said according to a Wednesday statement by his Chief Press Secretary, Kazie Uko.

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On her part, the Commissioner disclosed that over 4,700 pensioners in the state have been enrolled to receive free medical treatment in both the primary and secondary health facilities across the state under the state’s Health Insurance Scheme.

According to her, those so far enrolled are pensioners, who, prior to retirement from the civil service, were not above the level of deputy director.

Dr. Okoronkwo had briefed Governor Otti on the efforts her ministry had made in revamping certain health facilities in the state, especially the general hospitals at Amachara, Okpuala Ngwa, Umunnato, and a cottage hospital in Aba.

The Commissioner said thieves had taken advantage of the lack of security and proper illumination in the various facilities to break into the hospitals and cart away equipment and other valuables.

She added, however, that she had reached out to some senior government functionaries, who assisted in raising security for some of the facilities, especially the General Hospital at Okpuala Ngwa.