The federal government has inaugurated a 5-man interim management committee to look into the‎ crisis that has disrupted activities at the Federal Medical Centre, Owerri, Imo state, with the intention of restoring lasting peace and services. The committee has been saddled with 11 terms of reference and is expected to complete the job within six months of its inauguration and chat a roadmap towards the achievement of delivering health services to the people. This was revealed, Monday, by the minister of health, Prof Isaac Adewole at the Federal Ministry of Health, Abuja, when he ‎inaugurated the committee to be supervised by Prof Ndubisi Eke.

He stated that despite all entreaty to end the crisis, the unions rebuffed federal governments request to give a 3-month moratorium to work with the management, within which period it would make resources available to address some of their welfare issues in addition to improving the lot of the hospital, hence the decision to shut dowm the hospital. He said the committee is expected to “take over all administrative, technical, operational and financial functions of the centre and restore humane healthcare services, review events leading up to the industrial unrest and ensure inter/intra professional harmony among all cadres of staff and take inventory of all properties, assets and liabilities of the centre.”