The wife of Governor Ibikunle Amosun of Ogun State, Mrs. Olufunso Amosun on Wednesday described the eyes as a very important organ of the body, which must be taken care of regularly, saying that the state government would continue to ensure quality healthcare delivery services to the people of the state.
Speaking at the General Hospital, Ijaiye in Abeokuta, the state capital, while witnessing free surgeries performed on about 50 people who had lost their sight due to cataract and glacuoma, Mrs. Amosun explained that the exercise was part of the governor’s wife’s Free Eye Camp initiatives in collaboration with the Tulsi Chanrai Foundation and Enpee Group.
According her: “The surgery is in furtherance of our Free Eye Camp programme organised for the less privileged people, where over 4,000 people were screened across the state’s 20 local governments.
“For the first phase of this programme, over 500 people were diagnosed with various eye ailments.
“Out of this group, we have given eye-glasses to about 200 people; about 150 had received free drugs; and 100 people were slated to undergo cataract/glacuoma surgeries.
“Currently, about 50 beneficiaries have undergone the surgeries successfully and they are receiving post-surgery assessments.
“I am highly happy for the success of these surgeries.
“There is no substitute to the priceless gift of sight.
“It gives me a great joy to see our fathers and mothers using their eyes to witness a new dawn in Ogun State.
“The Free Eye Camp programme is one way of extending our dividends of democracy to the less privileged who could not afford the surgeries.”
Mrs. Amosun noted that the state government would always prioritise the welfare of its citizenry, especially the down-trodden in the society, commending Tulsi Chanrai Foundation and Enpee Group for partnering with her office to restore people’s sight.
She said the state government “we would surely sustain this programme.”
The beneficiaries lauded the effort of the wife of the governor for the initiative, particularly the surgeries, saying their stories of being blind had become a thing of the past.