Kwara: 500 Benefit From Lawmaker's Free Medical Intervention

Date: 2024-02-06

No fewer than 500 persons, over the weekend, benefitted from the free medical outreach sponsored by the member representing Ilorin East constituency at the Kwara state House of Assembly, Hajia Fatima Arinola Lawal, specifically designed for persons with eye impairments.

The beneficiaries of the exercise cut across the youths and the aged and it was conducted by a medical team led by Dr Total Bolarinwa of the Department of Opthalmologist, University of Ilorin Teaching Hospital.

The Alabi Alasa- Idi- Ape venue of the exercise was besieged by the shortlisted 300 beneficiaries and non- accredited persons suffering eye problems.

The situation forced the sponsor, Hajia Lawal to increase the number of beneficiaries to 500.

Addressing the gathering, Hajia Lawal said the plight of a young person suffering eye problem motivated her to organise the programme for her constituents.

She said the programme was aimed at giving hope to people with eye impairment that there are remedies and solutions to their problems.

The lawmaker said the beneficiaries after the screening would be give free eye glasses, medication while those with critical condition would undergo surgery at a later date.

In his remarks, the senior adviser and counselor to Kwara state governor, Alh Saadu Salahu, said the gesture of Hajia Lawal would be appreciated more “if we put the cost of treatment of any ailment into consideration given the limited resources of most families.”

He thanked the lawmaker for her concern for the welfare of her constituents and enjoined other public officers as well as individuals to emulate her exemplary conduct.

For his part, a non executive director of the Nigeria National Petroleum Corporation Limited (NNPCL), Dr Mohammed Ghali Alaaya, corroborated Salahu's submission, adding that the exercise formed part of poverty alleviation schemes.

The leader of the medical team, Dr Tota Bolarinwa said the exercise covered eye screening, surgery, instant medication and distribution of free eye glasses.

Representatives of the beneficiaries, Alhaji Woli Koko, Alhaji Nda Mohammed and Alhaja Ajarat Olokoba, thanked the Hajia Lawal for her kind gesture, describing the exercise as a great relief to them and their families.

The special adviser on media, Alh Bashir Adigun and the senior special assistant on religion (Islam), Alh Ibrahim Danmaigoro were among the dignitaries that witnesses the opening ceremony of the exercise.

Source

 

Cloud Tag: What's trending

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

Sango-UITH Road     Isiaka Rafiu Mope     Markaz Arabic And Islamic Training Institute, Agege     Fola Consultant     Arinola Lawal     NULGE     Abdulrahman Onikijipa     Hakeem Idris     Orisun Igbomina     Yakubu Danladi     Omoniyi     Abdulmajeed Wahab     SUBEB     20 Billion Bond     Haruna Tambiri Mohammed     Jimba Babatunde     Dan Iya     Kayode Bankole     Pilgrims Board     Standard Organization Of Nigeria     Ahmed Ayinla Jimoh     Salman Jawondo     Sulu Babaita Isiaka     Sobi Hill     Garba Dogo     Lukman Adeloyin     Alimi Abdulrazaq     Noah Yusuf     Kwara Primary Health Care Development Agency     Abdulrahman Abdullahi Kayode     Abdulazeez Arowona     Ayodele Kuburat Olaosebikan     Kale Bayero     Shuaib Olarongbe     Isiaka Saka Opobiyi     Kisira     Ilorin.Info     Mashood Dauda     Village Alive Development Association     Opolo Global Innovation Limited     Dele Momodu     Sabitiyu Grillo     Wahab Egbewole     Albert Ogunsola     Idris Garuba     Ayinde Oyepitan     Kwara Central     Abioye Bello     Budo Egba     Sunday Popo-Ola     Firdaos Amasa     VADA     Lola Ashiru     Saadu Yusuf     Oloruntoyosi Thomas     Ayinde Oki     Olayinka Are     Mahfouz Adedimeji     Saka Saadu     Tinubu Legacy Forum     Aasiyat Bello Oyedepo     Makama Of Ilorin     Ophthalmological Society Of Nigeria     Oba Mogaji Abdulkadir     Ilesha Gwanara Road     Sulyman Buhari     Isiaka Oniwa     Ben Duntoye     John Mayokun Dada     Muhammad Ghali Alaaya     Obasanjo     YAKOOYO     Monthly Sanitation     Lawal Jimoh     Mary Arinde     International Public Sector Accounting Standards     Ndama Al-hassan    

Cloud Tag: What's trending

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

Alfa Belgore     Okasanmi Ajayi     Ibraheem Adeola Katibi     Yusuf A. Usman     CACOVID     Isiaka Rafiu Mope     School Of Nursing     Yomi Adeboye     Jaigbade Alao     Olatunde Olukoya     Salake     Ajuloopin     CCT     Mopelola Abdulmaliq-Bashir     Erubu     Jaiz Bank     Waheed Ibrahim     Omupo     Bola Iyabo Ibiyeye Adisa     University Road     Adedeji Onimago     Wole Oke     Henry Olaosebikan     Abdulquawiy Olododo     JAAC     Bello Bature     Ademola Kiyesola     Association Of Kwara State Online Media Practitioners     Bisi Oyeleke     Naira Redesign     Yemi Osinbajo     Ilorin West     Jumoke Monsura Gafar     Asa     Muhammad Fawaz Abubakar     Lawal Arinola Kudirat     Baba Isale     Haliru Dantoro     Apaokagi     Mamman Saba Jibril     Ella Supreme Tissue Paper     Kwara 2023     Igbomina     Shettima Of Ilorin     Law School Scholarship     NIPOGA     Muhammad Mustapha Suleiman     Abdulrahman Abdulrazak     Public Holiday     Unilorin FM     Saadatu Modibbo-Kawu     Odo-Owa     Yusuf Lanre Badmas     Osuwa     Abdulwahab Oba     Funmilayo Oniwa     ITP     Ballah     Taofeek Sanusi     08001000100     Mukhtar Shagaya     Titus Ashaolu     Binta Abubakar Mora     Police Commissioner     Ilorin East     Garba Dogo     Isiaka Alikinla     Mohammed Abdulahi     Tayo Alao     Sarah Jubril     KWATMA     Ajidagba     Kwara Coalition Of Business And Professional Associations     Adolescent Girls Initiative For Learning And Empowerment     Bola Shagaya     Abubakar Atiku     Yeketi