LAGOS – Mr Idris Musa-Ariyo, the Chairman, Oshodi-Isolo Local Government Area of Lagos State, said on Wednesday the council had improved primary healthcare in the area.
Musa-Ariyo told the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Lagos that the council had enabled other health centres in the area to provide 24-hours services through the provision of electric power generating sets.
“We have been around now for almost three years, and we have done a lot in the health sector.
“When we came on board, there was no healthcare centre providing services 24 hours.
“As I speak now, we have five healthcare centres out of seven, which are providing 24-hour services.
“And we try to make sure that we provide security at our healthcare centres.
“At the same time, we try to make sure that we make the environment conducive for them by making sure that there is electric power 24 hours a day by providing power generating sets and we still go ahead to make sure that we make the place clean.
“I mean, when someone is about to be delivered of a baby; we make sure that the place is clean; we have done a lot of campaign about maternity healthcare.
“And, we give many free healthcare services such as bringing dentists around to provide free check-up for people in our local government as well as educating mothers on how to go about taking care of their kids.“
The chairman also said that his administration provided free education materials for pupils and students and renovated some school buildings to make the environment conducive for learning.
“We have done a lot for the development of education as well. [eap_ad_1] “There is no child in Oshodi, at the moment, that will tell you that he or she has not benefited from this programme.
“We were able to procure school bags, school uniforms, sandals, and stationeries for students.
“At the same time, we make the place conducive for both the teachers and the students.
“We also renovated schools; we constructed a block of six classrooms at Aregbe Primary School.
“Presently, we just concluded our poverty alleviation programme, by eradicating poverty in our midst; these are periodic things we do for the women and the widows.
“Because, they are the ones that really need much help, and of course the youth as well.
“We give bursary to indigenes of Oshodi to our people that are in the university just to give them a soft landing,“ he said. (NAN)
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