Abdul-Baaqi Adenekan (Intern)
The members of Federal House of Representatives representing Abeokuta South Constituency at the National Assembly Hon Afolabi Afuape on Monday launched a 2-day free medical outreach to residents of his constituency.
Penpushing reports that thousands of residents’ majority elderly besieged the Centenary Hall located in Ake area of Abeokuta South local government of Ogun State to benefits from the gestures, which was the initiative of the lawmaker.
The free medical services include various medical examinations such as blood pressure, eyes, tooth, blood, sugar level, diabetes, malaria and minor surgery among others, as well as provision of drugs to all those who came for the medical services
Penpushing further reports that medical personnel which include Doctors, Nurses, Pharmacists and Physiotherapists were engaged in the exercise which attracted large number of beneficiaries from the local government areas
The initiator of the programme which was part of constituency project in an interview with journalists the free medical outreach was a key aspect of the Sustainable Development Goals (SDG), stressing that health is wealth
Penpushing also reports that Afuape popularly called ‘Afoo’ emphasized his commitment to ensure the well-being of his constituents, and that he doesn’t mind if he has to spend from his personal funds, as he equally pledged to take responsibility for any additional medical expenses incurred by beneficiaries.
‘Health is very important and this is one of the goals of Sustainable Development Goal (SDG). We thought that we need to look at the health status of our people and going forward, some people might need minor surgery, this is part of my constituency project to give back to my constituency’, he stated.
“If they need minor surgery I may need to spend more from my own personal money because I so much believe that once our people are healthy then all other things shall be added onto it. We don’t have a target but I’m very happy with the turnout’, Afuape added.
‘These exercises cover, malaria/typhoid, ulcer, eye, teeth, high blood pressure, diabetes, surgery (minor), first aid ambulance service (for emergency) it depends on the Doctors. If at all they discovered something that’s not part of this, they can refer that to another hospital, I can take the responsibility to pay for such person. It’s just a way of giving back to society. With this kind of turnout, I can say clearly that we may need to do this more often, it depends on the feedback,” he said.
Penpushing further reports that Rafiu Egunjobi, a beneficiary of the exercise praised the lawmaker for his initiative pointing out that many politicians forget about them after they’ve been voted in, explaining that Afuape does not belong to such category.
‘This outreach relief us because going to the hospital these days we have to spend a lot of money. We received different kinds of medical treatment here. We give kudos to Hon. Afuape, he has really done well. People are benefiting from different kinds of treatment here. I urged other politicians to emulate him’, Egunjobi said.
‘My advice for politicians is that they only have four years to spend in that position and if they have done well people will be happy to vote them back in that position. They should try to go back to their constituency to see what they are in need of’, he added
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