150 students to get free eye care in Kwara

Date: 2019-07-01

Some students numbering about 150 will receive a free eye treatment in Kwara sponsored by the member representing Ekiti, Isin, Irepodun and Oke-Ero Federal Constituency, Hon. Tunji Olawuyi. The programme is part of a Community Development Scheme (CDS), organised by a Corps Member, Dr Chimnecherem Onyeachu.

Speaking in Ilorin, Onyeachu said the programme would be second in its series adding the it's success depend largely on the magnanimous flow from Hon. Olawuyi, who is single handedly funding glasses and drugs for 150 students. "Glasses and drugs would be dispensed. The charts would also be dispensed in the presence of all the beneficiaries, their parents, the beneficiary school representatives, NYSC state coordinator and other officials."

"According to WHO, approximately 80 per cent of visual impairments globally is considered avoidable. In school aged children, refractive error is the commonest cause of visual impairments especially in rural areas. In such rural areas, no measures are taken to reduce their burden in the community" Onyeachu said. Onyeachu explained that uncorrected refractive error can hamper performance at school, reduce employability, productivity and generally impair quality of life.

He noted that the screening of visual problems in children may improve future vision and education achievement. "The eye plays a vital role in learning and thus would significantly affect the future of the individual. Secondary school population creates a link between the elderly and the younger generation."

"Awareness created in this level would be passed to the parents and the younger siblings as well as their future children (younger generation), thus achieving better population coverage and awareness for visual health; thus saving the sight of far more numerous individuals" he said. Also speaking, an aide of the lawmaker who sponsored the programme, Abdulganiyu Salami, said one of the campaign promises of Hon. Olawuyi was to improve the health care of the people of his constituency.

He said when the proposal was brought before the lawmaker, he quickly keyed in and did the needful to make the program a success. He said the scheme will also cover students in schools in Ekiti, Isin and Oke-Ero local government areas.

Source

 

Cloud Tag: What's trending

Click on a word/phrase to read more about it.

Oja-Oba     Millennium Development Goals     COVID-19 Palliatives     AbdulRasaq Abdulmajeed Alaro     Saidu Yaro Musa     Alumni Association Of The Federal Polytechnic Offa     Ilorin Metro Park     Shehu Alimi Foundation For Peace And Development     Bisi Kristien     Deji Ajani     Baba Isale     Ahmad Lawan     Yusuf Zulu-Gambari     Oloje     Folaranmi Aro     Alore     Yakubu Dogara     Adesoye     Mopelola Abdulmaliq-Bashir     Kazeem Adekanye     International Aviation College     Turaki Of Ilorin     Yoonus Kola Olatinwo     Kale Bayero     Eleyele     Kamaldeen Kehinde     HYPPADEC     Rotimi Samuel Olujide     Olaoye B. Felix     Afolayan     Samuel Adaramola     Tescom.kwarastate.gov.ng     Busari Toyin Isiaka     Abdulraufu Mustapha     Iqra Books     Dorcas Afeniforo     Mahmud Ajeigbe     Ibrahim Kayode Adeyemi     Kunle Akogun     Ubandoma     PharmAccess Foundation     Ojo Fadumila     Abdulrasaq Alaro     Sulyman Tejidini     Garba Idris Ajia     Tunde Yusuf     Hamza Usman     Omoniyi     Wahab Olasupo Egbewole     Societe Generale Bank Of Nigeria     Shuaib Jawondo     Ahmed Saidu Rufai     KWTV     Abubakar Usman Jos     Centre For Community Empowerment And Poverty Eradication     Chief Imam Of Lafiagi     Joseph Yemi Ajayi     Fulani     Alloy Chukwuemeka     Ubandoma Of Ilorin     Zainab Abass     Mike Omotosho     Mohammed Alabi Lawal     Yusuf A. Usman     Babaita     Oyeyemi Olasumbo Florence     SSA Youth Engagement     Bukola Saraki     Mutawalle     Adekunle David Dunmade     Kazeem Oladepo     Mahee Abdulkadir     Olushola Saraki     Amina El-Imam     Olatomiwa Williams     Timothy Akangbe     Yaru    

Cloud Tag: What's trending

Click on a word/phrase to read more about it.

Baboko     Abdulrahman Onikijipa     Dasuki Belgore     Olumide Daniel Ibitoye     KWAFFA     Jimoh Lambe Abdulkareem     Baakini     Voices Of Tomorrow     Ilesha-Baruba     Afeyin-Olukuta     Ilorin Water Reticulation     Olateju Lukman     Olabode George Towoju     Yusuf AbdulRasheed     Hijaab     Abdulmajeed Wahab     NITDA     Ilofa     ITEM 7     Adegoke Bamidele     Idowu Aremu     Chief Imam Of Lafiagi     Farouk Salim     Kayode Bankole     Monthly Sanitation     Ola Falade     Bursary     Abdul-Rasheed Na\'Allah     Pakata Development Association     Okin Biscuits     KWASEIC     Forgo Battery     Omoniyi M. Ayinla     Javed Khan     Yakubu Danladi     Hassan A. Saliu     Chartered Institute Of Personnel Management Of Nigeria     Adebara     Albert Ogunsola     Adolescent Girls Initiative For Learning And Empowerment     Mohammed Khadijat Kubura     Rafiu Ajakaye     Roseline Oni Aremu     Egbewole     Irepodun     Buhari     Ahmad Ali     Shuaib Abdulkadir     Abdullahi Dasilva Yussuf     IYA YUSUF     Diagnostic Centre     Igbaja     Madawaki Of Ilorin     Muritala Olarewaju     Tafidan Kaiama     Adamu Attah     Coalition Of Kwara North Groups     Tunji Moronfoye     Balogun Ajikobi     Ahmed Mohammed Rifun     Bayer Nigeria Limited     Yusuf Mubarak     Democracy Day     Offa Descendants Union     Muhammed Abdullahi     Abdullahi Imam Abdullahi     Bashiru Makama     Bolakale Saka     Muhammed Aliyu     Lawal Jimoh     Onilorin     Abdulmalik Bashir Mopelola Risikatullahi     Kazeem Gbolagade     Offa Metropolitan Club     Lafiagi     IF-K     Lasiele Alabi Yahaya