Osun Community Given Medical Supplies From NGO

In a bid to help the vulnerable in the society, a non-governmental organistion under the aegis of Centre for Life Support Mission (CELSUM) has donated medical supplies to Aro community medical center in Egbedore local government area of Osun State. 

The donated medicines are paracetamol, vitamin c, septrin, flagyl syrup for a day old child and children, bco, folic acid, ferous for pregnant women, paracetamol, bco, vitamin c, flagyl, contact, septrin tablets for old and young, BP drugs among others. 

Speaking during the donation on Thursday, the Alaro of Aro, Oba Abdul-Jelil Oyeyemi Oyedokun lauded the project.

Oba Oyedokun also enjoined other people to emulate the gesture. 

"This donation goes a long way to motivate as well as sensitize us.

"They also brought different types of medicines to rejuvenate and resuscitate our medical center.

"This will show our patronage to neighbouring communities' medical services," he said.

The officer in charge of the facility, Adebayo Olufunke who expressed happiness at the gesture noted that inadequate medical supplies made the inhabitants of the community not to access the facility.

"Those that visit the facility were always given prescriptions to go and buy elsewhere, but they will get for free now."

Speaking, the Director of CELSUM, Akinsola Oluyemisi said the donation was geared by the NGO's commitment to help the vulnerable, orphans, widows and communities that need support, and to show them care and love. 

Akinsola, represented by Ogungbemi Blessing Ewaoluwa, the Programme Officer at CELSUM added that the initiative behind the donation is to give out humanitarian care and support at the community level.

"This will be a form of impacting the growth and development on the community and to avoid the closure of the medical facility given to the community by the government. 

"The whole idea was to render humanitarian service to the community and to make impacts.

"I am motivating and gesticulating to the government that people in the rural areas are in dire need of the government's interventions on social amenities.

"We also want to bring smiles to the faces of the people in the community through the outreach," she said. 

Kareem AKolade, the Community representative, stated that with the availability of the medicines, there will be increased usage of the facility by the residents.