Dear esteemed Elders, Teachers, colleagues, friends, and well wishers,

I warmly welcome you to the year 2025, wishing you a truly prosperous and joyful new year. As we step into this new chapter, we must reflect on the past year and express our deepest gratitude to God Almighty for His guidance and provision.

Despite the economic challenges we faced in 2024, God's grace saw us through. Our hospital, like many institutions, navigated harsh economic realities, but we remained steadfast in our commitment to delivering exceptional healthcare services. We're grateful for the resilience and dedication of our staff, who worked tirelessly to ensure our patients received the best possible care.

This year promises to be a landmark one in our strive to be a Teaching Hospital. We anticipate achieving several key milestones that will significantly enhance our infrastructure, services, and overall patient experience.

With the completion of load tests on the REA-Energize Education 7MW power plant, we're optimistic about providing uninterrupted electricity to our facilities at some point during the year if everything goes according to plan. This will greatly improve our ability to deliver continuous patient care, reduce downtime, and enhance overall operational efficiency.

To maximize the benefits of our new power plant, we have commenced re-wiring the hospital to allow for metering of individual units and departments. This will enable us to monitor and manage energy consumption more effectively, curb power wastage, and promote a culture of sustainability. This is the recommendation of the project engineers.

Our new water treatment and reticulation plant is expected to come onstream within the year. This standard facility will provide fully treated water for all our clinical and support services, ensuring the highest standards of hygiene, safety, and patient care because it is a 4-level treatment plant consisting of ph control, chlorination, ultraviolet light treatment and activated charcoal filtration.

We're excited to announce that the MRI installation project will commence in the early weeks of January, 2025. This project is expected to be completed within the first half of the year, and we're grateful to the Honourable Co-ordinating Minister for Health and Social Welfare, Prof. Ali Pate, for supporting this initiative when exchange rate realities necessitated a cost review. We also appreciate HE Bola Ahmed Tinubu, President and Commander-in-Chief of the Armed Forces, for the approval of a N1.3Bn upward review of the contract sum based on current exchange rate realities. God has indeed been gracious unto us.

In addition to these new developments, we'll continue work on several ongoing projects, including:

✓- The Accident, Emergency (A&E) and Trauma Centre

✓- Re-roofing of the hospital

✓- Renovation of the main theatre complex

✓- Renovation of the Comprehensive Health Centre, Okoyong

✓- Other ongoing renovations and upgrades will proceed apace

Notwithstanding our belief in the promise of the REA Energize Education 7MW power plant and to further enhance our energy efficiency and reduce reliance on generators, we'll be implementing solar power backup systems for critical areas, including the ICU, laboratories, blood bank, radiology, and obstetrics theatre.

We hope to give our hospital a bold new facade from the approach to the Outpatient building and beyond within the year. This will not only enhance the aesthetic appeal of our facilities but also create a more welcoming and patient-centric environment.

As we look to the future, we're committed to tackling several challenges that have impacted our operations in the past. These include:

✓- Staff attitude and inefficiency

✓- Streamlining our drugs, consumables, and reagents chain

✓- Addressing outstanding sponsorships owed to staff from 2019, which will be settled in batches

As we look forward to confronting the challenges the year will throw up together, I, on behalf of Management would like to extend my sincerest gratitude to each and every one of you for your unwavering support, encouragement, and constructive criticism. Your contributions have been invaluable, and we are committed to working with you to transform our hospital and ensure its continued growth and prosperity.

As we embark on this new journey together, I wish you and your loved ones a joyous and prosperous new year. May God's blessings be upon us throughout 2025 and beyond.
Amen.
Happy new year.