NYSC begins health scheme for rural dwellers in Kwara

The National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) has kicked off a Health Initiative for rural dwellers in Kwara State in a programme designed to bring health care delivery to the doorsteps of rural dwellers.

Under the initiative, which also aims at bridging the gap created by the dearth of medical infrastructure and reluctance of qualified medical experts to settle in rural areas and offer qualitative health services to the people, any rural community suffering lack of health facilities will be supported with a mobile clinic equipped with relevant facilities.

While launching the initiative at Igbo Owu in Ifelodun Local Government Area of Kwara State, the Director-General of the NYSC, Brigadier-General Johnson Olawumi disclosed that the programme would be driven by leveraging on the NYSC’s human resource which consists of Corps Medical Personnel and other Corps members in allied disciplines.

Olawumi, who assured that the initiative would be replicated in remote communities and villages across the country, explained that it is part of the NYSC’s vision to deliver more service to the people while expanding partnership with stakeholders and other sundry organizations for greater positive impact on communities.

Hear him, “This initiative which will be replicated in all the states of the federation is designed to mobilize volunteer corps members for the provision of healthcare intervention services to rural dwellers thereby facilitating access to prompt health services and improve the general wellbeing of rural dwellers throughout the nooks and crannies of the country.”

Responding, Governor Abdulfatah Ahmed of Kwara State, who was represented by the Commissioner for Sports and Youth Development, Saheed Popoola, assured that the state government would partner with the scheme to improve health care delivery in rural areas.

The Governor said his government was also taking stock of the challenges confronting the scheme in the state and was taking measures to confront them headlong.

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