Timothy Omobude 
Management of the University of Benin Teaching Hospital (UBTH), led by the Chief Medical Director, Prof. (Mrs.) Idia Nibokun Ize-Iyamu, paid a courtesy visit to the Benin Electricity Distribution Company (BEDC).
The visit was aimed at strengthening partnership towards improved service delivery, reducing the hospitalโs cost on tariff plans, and exploring broader areas of collaboration that will enhance the institutionโs operations.
During the meeting, Prof. Ize-Iyamu emphasized the critical role of reliable power supply in healthcare delivery, noting:
โ๐๐ฆ๐ญ๐ช๐ข๐ฃ๐ญ๐ฆ ๐ฑ๐ฐ๐ธ๐ฆ๐ณ ๐ด๐ถ๐ฑ๐ฑ๐ญ๐บ ๐ช๐ด ๐ค๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ต๐ณ๐ข๐ญ ๐ต๐ฐ ๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ข๐ญ๐ต๐ฉ๐ค๐ข๐ณ๐ฆ ๐ฅ๐ฆ๐ญ๐ช๐ท๐ฆ๐ณ๐บ, ๐ธ๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ฏ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ณ๐ฆ ๐ช๐ด ๐ญ๐ช๐จ๐ฉ๐ต, ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ณ๐ฆ ๐ช๐ด ๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ข๐ญ๐ช๐ฏ๐จ ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ท๐ช๐ด๐ช๐ฐ๐ฏ. ๐๐๐๐ ๐ช๐ด ๐ค๐ฐ๐ฎ๐ฎ๐ช๐ต๐ต๐ฆ๐ฅ ๐ต๐ฐ ๐ช๐ต๐ด ๐ด๐ต๐ข๐ต๐ถ๐ต๐ฐ๐ณ๐บ ๐ฅ๐ถ๐ต๐บ ๐ข๐ด ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ญ๐ข๐ด๐ต ๐ฉ๐ฐ๐ฑ๐ฆ ๐ง๐ฐ๐ณ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ค๐ฐ๐ฎ๐ฎ๐ฐ๐ฏ ๐ฎ๐ข๐ฏ. ๐๐ฆ ๐ข๐ณ๐ฆ ๐ฏ๐ฐ๐ต ๐ฑ๐ณ๐ฐ๐ง๐ช๐ต-๐ฅ๐ณ๐ช๐ท๐ฆ๐ฏ ๐ฃ๐ถ๐ต ๐ด๐ฆ๐ณ๐ท๐ช๐ค๐ฆ-๐ฅ๐ณ๐ช๐ท๐ฆ๐ฏ, ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ธ๐ฆ ๐ฎ๐ข๐ฌ๐ฆ ๐ฆ๐ง๐ง๐ฐ๐ณ๐ต๐ด ๐ต๐ฐ ๐ฎ๐ข๐ฌ๐ฆ ๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ข๐ญ๐ต๐ฉ๐ค๐ข๐ณ๐ฆ ๐ท๐ฆ๐ณ๐บ ๐ข๐ง๐ง๐ฐ๐ณ๐ฅ๐ข๐ฃ๐ญ๐ฆ. ๐๐ฆ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ณ๐ฆ๐ง๐ฐ๐ณ๐ฆ ๐ข๐ฑ๐ฑ๐ฆ๐ข๐ญ ๐ง๐ฐ๐ณ ๐ข ๐ณ๐ฆ๐ท๐ช๐ฆ๐ธ ๐ฐ๐ง ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ค๐ถ๐ณ๐ณ๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ต ๐ค๐ฉ๐ข๐ณ๐จ๐ฆ๐ด ๐จ๐ช๐ท๐ฆ๐ฏ ๐ต๐ฐ ๐๐๐๐ ๐ต๐ฐ ๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ข๐ฃ๐ญ๐ฆ ๐ถ๐ด ๐ด๐ฆ๐ณ๐ท๐ฆ ๐ฐ๐ถ๐ณ ๐ฑ๐ข๐ต๐ช๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ต๐ด ๐ฃ๐ฆ๐ต๐ต๐ฆ๐ณ.โ
She further highlighted that access to stable and affordable power would greatly improve efficiency in the hospitalโs day-to-day activities and ultimately impact patient care positively.
In his response, Engr. Jonathan Lawani, Managing Director/Chief Executive Officer of BEDC, warmly welcomed the UBTH
delegation. He congratulated Prof. Ize-Iyamu on her appointment as the first female Chief Medical Director of UBTH and assured that their requests would be given due consideration at the companyโs management and board meetings.
The discussions underscored UBTHโs commitment to partnerships that support sustainable healthcare delivery.
