By joshua 
Donation To Healthcare An Investment For Our Collective Good,Not Politics–Peter Obi
…..Obi donates N15m to Edo hospital
By Ikhili Ebalu, Benin city
A former Labour Party Presidential candidate and former Governor of Anambra State, Peter Obi stated on Tuesday that his donation to healthcare education facilities is an investment for the collective good of Nigerians not politics
Peter Obi, who made the statement when he visited St Philomena College of Nursing, Benin City, Edo State where he made a donation of N15m said he would rather donate to support humanity than give out money to buy votes.
He stated that there was need to invest in the future of children in the country.
According to him, “I came last year and I said I will come at least once in a year. It is very important. Our support to this college is to the students. We are investing in you for our better living. We are not dashing you anything. The investment in you will contribute to securing the future.
Obi stated that here is a country, where, if you go to all the villages, there are most time no functioning primary health care. In other countries like Bangladesh they have over 90 percent medical insurance coverage. Every village has a primary health care manned by two or three nurses. We don’t have enough nursing schools. Nurses are needed all over the world.
“I have been in care before I join politics. I am not doing it for politics. Most places where I go, they don’t vote. We need to invest in the future of these children. I don’t want to to give money to people to vote for me. God created us to do this to ensure a better society.
Administrator for the Colllege of Nursing Sciences, Rev Jerome Idibe, thanked Obi for coming to the facility and for the generous donation. He encourage others who are in position to emulate Obi’s good gesture.