A Non-Governmental Organisation (NGO), Waves Of
Success Foundation (WSF) on Tuesday said it had concluded plans to organize
free medical outreach for residents of Kogi State.
Mr Yusuf Okpanachi Ocholi, the Founder of the NGO
(www.wsf.com.ng), told the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in an interview in
Lokoja, that the aim was to provide free medical services for the less
privileged in the selected areas.
Okpanachi added that the free medical outreach would
be carried out at Adankolo community in Lokoja, and at 'Our Lady of Schools' in
Anyigba on November 15 and 16, 2018, respectively.
"We are targetting 600 persons for free medical
treatment in both Lokoja and Anyigba, to help the poor who cannot pay for their
medical bill by treating them free of charge.
"We are creating a platform to reach out to the
masses to see how we can alleviate their sufferings particularly the poor
people in the society.
"We choose to offer medical services because
everybody knows that there can be no success without health, which is the
foundation of wealth.
"So, we want to start with foundation to ensure
that people are healthy enough to stand in the way of success and be taken off
the streets.
"Various kind of ailments will be diagnosed and
treated, such as: hypertension, diabetes, malaria, athritis, pneumonia, ulcer,
free eye testing, free eye glasses, free drugs, mass deworming of children,
among others," Okpanachi said.
He, therefore, urged the people of Kogi to take
advantage of the outreach and come out en masse to access the free medical
treatment.
Okpanachi, a businessman and philanthropist, said
that WSF had donated sewing machines, motorcycles to youths, and helped some
widows to pay their children's school fees.
According to him, the target beneficiaries of their
programmes are vulnerable widows, women and youths such as empowerment,
education, sports, talents, social funds, students and artisans' grants, etc..
Okpanachi, however, called on well meaning
Nigerians, groups, individuals and corporate organisations, who have the same
mindset of taking people off the streets, to partner with them in helping the
poor.
"Let us come together and see how we can impact
lives and make the society better, because government alone cannot do it,"
Okpanachi advised.
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