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No fewer than 3000 Lagos residents, on Monday, benefited from free medical outreach organised by a non-governmental organisation, Team Better Naija (TBN), in Alimosho and Agege Local Government Areas of the state.
The medical outreach was part of the door to door campaign activities of the team that campaigned for the president-elect, Asiwaju Bola Tinubu, and the vice president-electric, Sen Kashim Shettima.
The outreach involved free medical screening, free eyeglasses, drugs, and medical consultations.
Speaking, the National Coordinator of TBN, Engr. Remi Omowaiye, stated that his team was part of the various groups that canvassed support for the president-elect towards his election, adding that their obligation is the well-being of the masses, which is paramount to the government.
Omowaiye added that his team decided to support the re-election bid of Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu by reaching out to people in various communities in Alimosho and beyond.
He explained that the programme has been in existence for months, adding that the medical outreach was put in place when the team discovered during the course of campaigning for the president- elect in the four states they visited that many people were living with high blood pressure and other serious ailments without paying attention to it and they needed intervention to stem the dangerous trend.
According to him, as a non-governmental body, thousands of people have benefited from its free medical programme, stressing that the team is ready to take the programme beyond the election period and also work in synergy with government agencies.
He emphasised that it is unfortunate that so many people are living reckless lives without proper checkup to know the status of their health and find preventive measures to safeguard their lives.
“The outreach had reached out to two Local governments, which are Agege and Alimosho, and we are planning to extend the programme to other communitues across the South West states,” he said.
Also, a member of TBN, Mr Kayode Showade, said the ongoing outreach in Lagos is to key into Sanwo-Olu’s re-election bid as a reflection of his belief in free healthcare, which is one of the cardinal plans of the governor’s administration.
One of the beneficiaries, Mrs. Kehinde Oyeshile, expressed satisfaction at the services rendered at the outreach, noting that many people were shocked at what their screening revealed and had learnt to pay more attention to their health.
According to her, many people had neglected their health due to poverty and had been given a new lease of life with the treatment they received.
The outreach train was in Isale Oja, Agege on Sunday, canvassing for Sanwo-Olu and the House of Assembly candidate, who is also the Speaker while it canvassed for Sanwo-Olu/Hamzat and their House of Assembly candidate in Alimosho.