Over 2000 residents of Sepeteri, a community located in Saki East Local Government Area of Oke-Ogun in Oyo State, have benefited from the health outreach of a Non-Governmental Organisation, Enablers Diaspora Grassroots Support Outreach(EDGSO).
The outreach which took place in the community on Monday featured general check up, blood pressure, blood sugar and weight measurement.
Others include free consultation with medical doctors and health practitioners, medication for minor ailments, three months free medication for people with chronic diseases and distribution of varieties of raw food items.
The founder of EDGSO, Chief Mrs Ayoyinka Wilson, said that the outreach which started around six years ago was aimed to provide medical assistance to people suffering from one sickness or the other but could not afford medical bills.
She noted that the primary target of the NGO were people in the grassroots who lack access to quality medical facilities. She added that the initiative was a joint contribution of well meaning Nigerians both home and diaspora without any political interest or sponsorship.
“We are considering health education to be vital and integral to this outreach. We educate people on the common illnesses in Nigeria like typhoid, diabetes, hypertension and other diseases so that people can practice preventive lifestyle.
“We have provision for over 2000 people per day while beneficiaries will also get drugs that would sustain them for the next three months, “she said.
Also speaking, the Secretary of EDGSO in Nigeria, Chief Kayode Oyediran, reiterated that one of the cardinal goals and mandate of enabler Diaspora Grassroots Support Outreach was to do a community give away and medical assistance to people in selected communities every year noting that the outreach was second of its kind in Sepeteri community.
He added that the same programmme would be replicated in additional four communities in Ekiti and Ondo state, and Akinyele in Oyo state.
A beneficiary of the medical outreach, Mrs Muibat Sikiru, lauded Enablers group for free medical programme which she said has helped many indigenes who could not afford high cost of quality healthcare.
Another beneficiary, Mr Lateef Adebayo, noted that the government could not do it all alone, he urged other well meaning Nigerians to emulate the enablers’ diaspora grassroots support outreach so as to complement efforts of the government.
