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.

Academic Staff Union Of Universities     Abraham Ojo     Mahfouz Adedimeji     Muslim Stakeholders Of Kwara State     Muslim Cementary     Lafiagi     PAACO-PCL Consortium     State Bureau Of Internal Revenue     Adegoke Bamidele     Ganmo     Issa Baba     Ibrahim Abdulkadir Abikan     Igosun     National Party Of Nigeria     Mukhtar Shagaya     Zaratu Umar     Abdullahi AbdulMajeed     Public Holiday     Hauwa Nuru     Aso Ofi     Bahago     Yakubu Gobir     Folaranmi Aro     Vasolar Consortium     Balogun Gambari     Omoniyi     Yahaya Seriki     Anilelerin     Ilorin     Oladipo Akanmu Tolani     Wasiu Odewale     Mustapha AbdulGaniyu     Principal Private Secretary     Lukman Adeloyin     Mohammed Yahaya Barki     Musbau A. Akanji     Adaramaja     Suleiman Abubakar     Crystal Corner Shops     LEAH Charity Foundation     Durosinlohun Kawu     Kwara State Coalition Of Business And Professional Associations     Awodun     Gamji Members Association     FOMWAN     Shero     Isau     Ahmed Saidu Rufai     Salihu Jibril Garbi     Edu     Oko Erin     Abdulganiyu Salahudeen     Salami Adekunle     Kwara Hotel     Tsaragi/Share     Funmilayo Oniwa     Christopher Ayeni     Okedare     April 11     Kemi Adeosun     Kupchi Hosea Maxwell     Titus Suberu-Ajibola     Funmilayo Isiaka Oniwa     Joshua Adeyemi Adimula     Hassan Taiye Salam     Mohammed Abduraheem     Kwara Apc     Ijagbo     Rabiu Kwankwaso     Olam Food Ingredients     Gbenga Adebayo     Toyosi Thomas     Chemiroy Nigeria Limited     Madawaki Of Ilorin     Muslim Media Watch Group Of Nigeria     Offa Descendants Union     Oba-Solagberu    

Cloud Tag: What's trending

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

JUSUN     Kola Shittu     Olayinka Olaogun     Abdullahi AbdulMajeed     Halimat Yusuf     Sai Kayi     Afonja     Dar-Al-Handasah Consultants     Abdullahi Imam Abdullahi     Kayode Ishola     Kishira     Aliyu Alhassan     Vasolar Consortium     3MTT     Moshood Bakare     Ben Duntoye     Zara Umar     Joshua Adeyemi Adimula     Shuaib Abdulkadir     Shaaba Lafiagi     Elekoyangan     Salake     Abdulkadir Orire     Abdulraheem Yusuf     Kwara United     Amina El-Imam     Alloy Chukwuemeka     2017 Budget     SSA Youth     Ojo Isekuse     Gobir     Ilesha-Gwanara     Bola Shagaya     Post Utme     Alimi Abdulrazaq     Lanre Badmas     Kunle Akogun     Pakata     Aremu Bose Deborah     Yusuf Amuda Aluko     Sheikh Ridhwanullah     Olofa Of Offa     Yashikira     Hassan A. Saliu     Ajikobi     Yahaya Jibril Usman     Laduba     Sulyman Buhari     Popo-Igbonna     Kwara State Fish Farmers Association     Jide Ashonibare     Aliyu Umar     Balikis Jawondo     Young Progressives Party     Abdulazeez Arowona     Suleiman Alege Kuranga     Folashade Omoniyi     Baba Issa Awoye     Arandun     Sherif Sagaya     Soffiyyallah Kamaldeen     Bilikisu Gambari     Ilorin Curfew     Joseph Bamigboye     Bamidele Aluko     Mumini Ishola Hanafi     Olateju Lukman     Shehu Alimi Foundation For Peace And Development     Mustapha AbdulGaniyu     Isiaka Yusuf     Bayer Nigeria Limited     Toyin Sanusi     S.O. Opowoye     Okin Group     Yusuf Ibitokun Sherifat     Adama Isa     Pakata Development Association