Lions Club organises free eye treatment in Ilorin
Lions Club International, District 404B, Nigeria, has committed over N3 million to the restoration of eye sight to Nigerians this year.
Speaking with the Community News at Ayo Bello Memorial Hospital, Ilorin, the club's District Governor, 404B, Nigeria, Professor Abdulfatah Ayoade Adesokan, who spoke through his Chief of Staff, Prince Adepegba Falola, said the core project for the governor's lionistic year was the restoration of sight to the people with one of the commonest eye problems called cataract.
The club's district governor said the free eye care project catered for the cataract surgery operation of the beneficiaries, medication and distribution of glasses.
"During the beginning of this lionistic year, we made publications in form of flyers to all Lions all over Nigeria. Anywhere we go, we distributed flyers, telling them about the core project. All the clubs in Nigeria had done screening where they got the patients for the free cataract surgical operation," he said.
He also said that a lot of peope came from Lagos, Osun, Oyo, including Kwara State, where they had earlier been screened for the operation.
It will be recalled that the Lions Clubs International, District 404B, Nigeria, commenced final cataract surgery for 250 recipients in Ilorin, Kwara State capital, between March 26 and March 30, 2012.
Professor Adesokan, who said the club had successfully carried out eye screening and distribution of thousands of eye glasses in Ekiti, Lagos, Ogun, Oyo, Osun, and Kwara states, added that Lion's Club had sponsored many cataract surgeries in partnership with Ophthalmological Society of Nigeria, South-West zone.
Lion Ayoade, who said the final cataract surgery for 250 recipients was in partnership with the Sightsavers International and Kwara Eye Care programme on one hand, and Ayo-Bello Memorial Eye Foundation on the other hand, added that the exercise went on smoothly.
Cloud Tag: What's trending
Click on a word/phrase to read more about it.
Sola Saraki Educational Foundation Kwha.gov.ng Kola Bukoye Aliyu U. Tilde Prince Bola Ajibola Idi-Ape Universal Basic Education Commission Shuaib Jawondo Shehu Alimi Foundation Aminat Ahmed Baba Idris Rasheed Jimoh National Information Technology Development Agency Aliyu Sabi Council Of The Wise Transition Implementation Committee Isiaka Alikinla Akeem Lawal Chief Imam Of Lafiagi Alaiye Khairat Gwadabe Yusuf Abdulkadir Maryam Nurudeen Abdulrosheed Okiki Abiodun Abdulkareem Kwara Basketball Association Zara Umar Oloye Kwara Liberation Group Umar Ahmed Gunu Ibrahim Abdulqadir Abikan Adanla-Irese Matthew Babaoye Ibrahim Abikan Kumbi Titiloye Binta Sulyman Valsolar Consortium NaAllah Shonga Abubakar Usman Jos Habeeb Abdullahi Al-Ilory Demola Banu Oko-Olowo Muritala Olarewaju Lai Gobir Halimat Yusuf Azeez Bello March 28 Tunji Moronfoye Sai Kayi Durosinlohun Atiku Budo Egba Bola Sagaya Falokun-Oja Olupako Of Share Yunus Lawal Abdulrahman Abdulrazak Isin Olaosebikan Abdulmumin Yinka Ajia KSIRS Nurudeen Muhammed Sola Saraki University Abdulrasaq Alaro Baboko Ijakadi Chief Of Staff Kolawole Akande TESCOM Kunle Suleiman Gbemisola Oguntimehin Mufti Of Ilorin Lawyers Unite Against Corruption Bolaji Nagode Olugbense Umar Danladi Shero National Pilot

