The Azeez Amida Basis, a brainchild of best-selling Nigerian creator and enterprise govt Azeez Amida (Dr), has refurbished the first healthcare clinic in Ilishan-Remo of Ikenne native authorities, Ogun State, to the delight of neighborhood members.

He stated this newest intervention in extra of N5 million is a part of the inspiration’s aim to alleviate the issues of healthcare services in hard-to-reach communities throughout Nigeria.

“Resulting from an absence of upkeep, the Illishan well being facility had deteriorated to the purpose the place it had no housebreaking protector, stretchers or chairs for girls and their kids to take a seat throughout antenatal visits and different routine well being checks. As well as, there was an insufficient provide of important medicine and tools. The perimeter fencing was additionally less than customary, making the clinic vulnerable to theft assaults,” he stated.

Whereas talking in the course of the handover ceremony, Amida stated essentially the most vital funding one may make in life was not within the inventory market, actual property or valuable stones however in giving again to society.

Since its inception in early 2022, the Azeez Amida Basis has impacted hundreds of lives and invested human and capital assets in varied social interventions throughout the nation.

For instance, it not too long ago partnered with the assist initiative of Nigerian artist Timi Dakolo to offer reduction help to 50,000 victims of floods in Bayelsa State.

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Talking additional on the refurbished major healthcare clinic in Ilishan-Remo, he stated: “Our core mission helps underprivileged kids and their households in 4 key Sustainable Growth Targets throughout Africa: To foster the aim of assuaging starvation and poverty, to play the position of guaranteeing sound well being and well-being, to advertise high quality schooling and to make sure the supply of fresh water and good sanitation”.

“The fantastic thing about tasks like that is that they handle the elemental wants Africans complain about,” he stated. For instance, we spend a lot time saying we now have poor healthcare services. This neighborhood has just one maternity centre, which was in dangerous form earlier than we arrived. So, we intention to make sure that folks in communities like Ilishan have the right infrastructure to do staple items, and healthcare is a vital infrastructure.”

He was optimistic that the ability will now contribute immensely to offering dependable, sustainable and improved high quality healthcare provision, particularly relating to maternity and baby take care of communities experiencing poor healthcare service supply.

The native authorities consultant expressed profound appreciation to the Azeez Amida Basis for aiding the folks of Ilisan.

“We’re grateful to them for serving to us resolve the difficulty of primary tools. However, sadly, some turned defective and out of date,” stated Awoshipe Ademola Kazeem, Supervisory Councillor for Well being, Ikenne Native Authorities.

“The Basis has helped us at the moment by offering new ones and helping us in order that the supply of well being providers at our facility may be higher. On behalf of the native authorities, I need to say a giant thanks to the Azeez Amida Basis. We actually admire them,” Kazeem added.

Amongst different actions, the inspiration additionally donated a whole bunch of textbooks and different instructional supplies, refurbished the varsity’s services and offered clear water to the pupils and academics of St Paul African Church Faculty in Ilogbo, Ado/Odo Ota LGA in Ogun State.