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VC wants NGOs to complement government efforts in providing healthcare services

VC wants NGOs to complement government efforts in providing healthcare services
By Dorcas Elusogbon
Healthcare
Ile-Ife (Osun), April 15, 2019 (NAN) Prof. Eyitope Ogunbodede, the Vice-Chancellor, Obafemi Awolowo University (OAU), Ile- Ife, has called on Non-Govermental Organisations (NGOs) to complement government efforts in providing healthcare services for Nigerians.
Ogunbodede gave the task in his address at the free medical mission organised by UNIFEMGA at the Central Mosque of the University, on Monday, in Ile-Ife.
He lauded the initiatives of Obafemi Awolowo University Muslims Graduates Association (UNIFEMGA) by providing free healthcare services to all and sundry.
“Government is saddled with a lot of responsibilities which health is a major factor, but with the current population of the country, it is expected that healthcare services should spread round the nooks and crannies of the country.
“But government alone cannot do it; it needs the support of organisations for this to be achieved.
“With the present economic situation in the country; many could not afford good healthcare services, but with what this noble association has done.
“It will go a long way to assuage those who have health challenges to benefits immensely,” Ogunbodede counselled.
The vice chancellor urged other associations to emulate what UNIFEMGA is doing by assisting government to provide health services.
The Chairman, Local Organising Committee of the free medical mission, Prof. Akeem Lasisi, said that the purpose of organising this free health programme is to give back to the community that helps them to actualise their dreams.
“You know many are dying silently because of lack of money to cater for their health, but with what we have done; it will go a long way to assist them to have better healthcare.
“We provided consumables and drugs for them, surgeries, general medical screening, all free,” the professor of Ear, Nose and Throat said.
Lasisi, who is the Chief Medical Director of Ladoke Akintola University Teaching Hospital (LAUTECH), Osogbo, said the event was in collaboration with the National Council of Nigerian Muslims Organisations (NCNMO) and the Diaspora.
Dr Alirat Agboola, a beneficiary of the free medical mission said: “I am grateful to the organisers of this event by providing free medicine and drugs for me.
“These are trying periods and for an association to do this lofty programme, I really commend them.”
Another beneficiary, Mr Isiaka Ahmed thanked the organisers for providing for his needs, saying “I was screened, test and given drugs too’’.
On her part, Mrs Adesewa Adelekan said “the programme was specially designed for me because my three children and humble-self were treated free of charge and given drugs worth N10,000’’.
She appreciated the organisers for assisting the masses in their area of health challenges. (NAN)
EDA/MST
Edited by Muhammad Suleiman Tola

Education

LAUTECH appoints new VC, 2 others

LAUTECH appoints new VC, 2 others
By Akeem Abas
Appointments
Ibadan, Dec. 8, 2018 (NAN) The Governing Council of Ladoke Akintola University of Technology (LAUTECH), Ogbomoso, has announced the appointment of a new Vice-Chancellor and two other principal officers.
A statement by the institution’s Public Relations Officer, Mr Lekan Fadeyi, named Prof. Michael Ologunde, a renowned professor of food science, as the new vice chancellor.
The council also appointed Dr Kayode Ogunleye as Registrar and Mr Abayomi Okediji as Bursar.
The newly appointed vice chancellor will take over the running of the institution from the incumbent, Prof. Adeniyi Gbadegesin, whose five-year tenure will end on Feb. 14, 2019.
The council said that Gov. Abiola Ajimobi of Oyo State and his Osun State counterpart, Mr Adegboyega Oyetola, had approved the appointments as recommended by the Prof. Dapo Afolabi-led governing council.
It hinted that the position of the University Librarian would be filled soon.
“The council at its 135th special meeting held last week had directed that the vacancy in the position be re-advertised while the process of appointing a new University Librarian be concluded on or before Jan. 25, 2019,” it said.
The statement explained that the appointments would take effect from Feb. 14, 2019. (NAN)
TAA/IKU/MST
Edited by Tayo Ikujuni/Muhammad Suleiman Tola

Education

Embrace entrepreneurship programme for self-reliance – VC advises disabled students

Embrace entrepreneurship programme for self-reliance – VC advises disabled students

NAN-H-34

Entrepreneurship

By Awayi Kuje

Keffi (Nasarawa State), July 5, 2017 (NAN) Prof. Mohammed Mainoma, the Vice Chancellor, Nasarawa State University, Keffi, has advised disabled students to embrace entrepreneurship programmes in order to become self-reliant.

He gave the advice on Wednesday in Keffi at an occasion in honour of disabled graduating students that organised by the institution’s Joint Association of Persons living with disabilities.

He said entrepreneurship would also enable them to contribute their quota to national development even in the absence of white collar jobs after graduation.

Mainoma, who was represented by the institution’s Director of Entrepreneurship Development Centre, Prof. Sam Tende, said that embracing entrepreneurship programme by the disabled students and Nigerians would enable them to acquire skills that would make them to be self-reliant after graduation especially in the face of economic recession.

The vice chancellor lauded Nasarawa State Government for giving premium to the welfare of physically challenged persons in the state and called for its sustenance.

“I urge you, other students and Nigerians at large to embrace entrepreneurship programmes so as to acquire skills that would make you to be self-reliant even in the absence of white collar job after graduation and in the face of economic recession.

“Disability is not in the physical appearance of human but the mind as they are many disabled persons who attend greatness in life, hence the need for the disabled students to work hard to realise their dreams,” he said.

Mainoma directed the institution’s Entrepreneurship Development Centre to identify all disabled persons in the university and train them towards self-reliance after graduation.

He also advised the students to take their education seriously in order to excel in life.

Mainona added that education is the bedrock of every society, hence the need for students to give it the top priority it deserved.

“It is the lead way to success in life and a route to escape from poverty and I urge the students to shun acts that are inimical to their education and future for the overall development of the state and the country,” he said.

Earlier, the President of the association, Mr Abaka Dugulu, said that they organised the occasion to thank God for protecting their lives and to appreciate the institution for giving premium to the education of disabled persons.

However, he appealed to the state government to consider more employment of the people with disabilities in the state in order to improve their lives. (NAN)

AKW/MST

Edited by Muhammad Suleiman Tola