Kwara Committed to Quality Healthcare: AbdulRazaq

Date: 2021-09-03

The Kwara State Government says it has designed policies and programs to expand access to affordable and quality healthcare.

The Governor, AbdulRahman AbdulRazaq, made this known today at the opening of the 45th annual general meeting and scientific conference of the Ophthalmological Society of Nigeria in Ilorin.

Represented by his Deputy, Mr Kayode Alabi, the Governor said the government has significantly invested in eye care to solidify Kwara's leadership in vision care in Nigeria, including enhanced access for vulnerable groups.

According to Mallam AbdulRazaq, no fewer than 750 eye surgeries and 3000 eyeglasses have been facilitated by the government, also upgrading old facilities and constructing state of the art facilities at the State General Hospital Ilorin and the Civil Service Hospital in Ilorin.

"As part of the overall objectives of transforming the Ilorin General Hospital to a training Centre for the state-owned Kwara State University, we have reactivated our collaboration with Sightsavers. This is to train Ophthalmologists under the aegis of the West African College of Surgeons. More of such strategic partnerships are in the offing." he said.

The Governor lauded the Ophthalmological Society of Nigeria for availing the people of Kwara the invaluable expertise by partnering with the state between 30-31st of August 2021, when the government sponsored hundreds of free cataract surgeries.

The National President, Ophthalmological Society of Nigeria, Dr Bade Ogundipe, lauded the Kwara State Government for providing enabling environment for Ophthalmology to thrive in the state, adding that the body is delighted by the quality eye care delivery provided to the people and the harmonious engagement of the practitioners in the state.

In his goodwill message, the Kwara State Commissioner for Health, Dr Raji Razaq, said the Kwara State government is not only solving the eye problems of its people by providing doorsteps interventions but also creating awareness to the people on the importance of eye health.

Modupe Joel

Chief Press Secretary to the Deputy Governor

Sept. 2, 2021

 

Cloud Tag: What's trending

Click on a word/phrase to read more about it.

Laboratory-to-Product     ASKOMP     Abdulhakeem Amao     Kwara State Television (KWTV)     Funmi Salau     Raheem Adaramaja     Alapado     Isiaka AbdulRazaq     Maigida     Muyiwa Oladipo Kanu     Musibau Akanji     Centre For Peace And Strategic Studies     Hamid Bobboyi     Shehu Adaramaja     Yahaya Seriki     Aliyu Umar     Tsaragi/Share     Danladi     Olatunde Olukoya     Nigeria Foundation For Artificial Intelligence     Offorjama     Olufolake Abdulrazaq     Ilorin South     Nigeria Computer Society     Galadima     Nnazua     Sobi Hill     Sambo Murtala     Moshood Kashimawo Abiola     Nigeria Customs Service     IPSAS     Labour Party     Tinubu     Sarkin Malamai     Yusuf AbdulRasheed     KwaraLearn     Abdulrasheed Lafia     Kulende     Dapo Teni Nig Enterprise     Magaji Nda     Omupo     Olokoba Sulyman     Abiodun Musa Aibinu     Marufat Oladosu     Ijakadi     NaAllah     Al-Hikmah Radio     Niyi Osundare     Fatimat Saliu     Markaz Arabic And Islamic Training Institute, Agege     Oyelere Oyinloye     Mahmud Babatunde Baker     National Party Of Nigeria     Bayo Onimago     Bahago     Lafiagi     Salman Alada     Yusuf Mubarak     Saadu Gbogbo Iwe     Valsolar Consultoria     Face Masks     Emmanuel Bello     Moshood Mustapha     A.E. Afolabi     Yemi Sanni     Akume     Savannah Centre For Diplomacy, Democracy And Development     Aasiyat Bello Oyedepo     Kwarareports.com     Yahaya Muhammad     Dasuki Belgore     Rex Olawoye     Suleman Abubakar     AbdulRahman Saad     KWATMA     Mustapha Akanbi     Yakub Ali-Agan    

Cloud Tag: What's trending

Click on a word/phrase to read more about it.

Babajide Ajayi     NYSC     Peter Amogbonjaye     Turaki Of Ilorin     Bamidele Adegoke Oladimeji     Universal Basic Education Commission     Awili Pedro     UTME     Muhammad Fawaz Abubakar     Babaloja-General     Shuaib Olarongbe     UITH     NULGE     Pakata Patriots     Afolabi-Oshatimehin     Mohammed Halidu     Radio SBS     Ethical College     Mike Omotosho     Ajia-Bako     National Broadcasting Commission     Christian Association Of Nigeria     Al-Ilory     Solomon Edojah     Shettima Of Ilorin     Hajj     Daud Adeshola     Suleiman Abubakar     Ilota     Mamatu Abdullahi     Ita-Ore     Isiaka Gold     Sulyman Age AbdulKareem     Magaji Nda     Abdulkadir Akanbi-Oke     Ilesha Gwanara Road     Oju Ekun Sarumi     Moronfoye     Danhawa     Adedipe     Ibrahim Mashood     Olusegun Adeniyi     Oyawoye     Galadima     IHS Towers     Sa\'adu Gambari     Sa\'adu Salahu     Col. Ibrahim Taiwo     Undergraduate Bursary     Isau     Tunde Idiagbon Road     Ahmad Olanrewaju Belgore     Abdulfatai Baakini     Yahaya Seriki Gambari     Kwara State Sports Commission     UNILORIN Alumni     Quranic Recitation Competition     Share-Tsaragi     Mopelola Abdulmaliq-Bashir     Jaigbade Alao     Saka Isau     Sobi FM     Kwara State Infrastructure Development Fund     AbdulRasaq Abdulmajeed Alaro     Twitter     Suleiman Mora Omar     Ejidongari     Tunji Olawuyi     Iponrin     Ibikunle Ogunleye     Samuel Elizabeth Keatswa     Shehu Alimi Foundation     Fatai Adeniyi Garba     Ghali Muhammed     Abiodun Abdulkareem     Olusola Saraki     Micheal Imoudu