This is disclosed by the chairman of the Ijesa Health is Wealth Project Management Team, Asiwaju Yinka Fasuyi during the formal handing over of the multimillion naira project on behalf of the Ijesa Community Development Assembly to the management of the Obafemi Awolowo University Teaching Hospital Complex ,OAUTH.
Giving the breakdown of the outpatients record, Asiwaju Fasuyi noted that 286 patients were attended to in April 2022, the first month after commissioning; 390 patients in May 2022; and almost 500 elderly people enjoyed the facility in June 2022.
"Within the three months, this facility had been immediately deployed to provide medical health services to our teeming elderly in the society. I would like to commend and appreciate the Board, Management, and Staff of Obafemi Awolowo University Teaching Hospital Complex (OAUTHC) for swiftly fulfilling the charge of commencing operations from the Project Commissioning date which we gave to them during our joint meeting of Friday, 19th March 2021, and thereby delivering this rare feat, very unlike most projects commissioned in Nigeria, hitting the ground running." He said.
The Asiwaju of Ijesaland urged the Board and Management of OAUTHC to urgently ensure full deployment of all the equipment procured for the centre, redeploy more doctors and nurses to the IGC to cater for more patients.
He also pleaded that consideration should be given to personnel of Ijesaland extraction in the recruitment and deployment of Staff to the centre and ensure that the health care service is open to the beneficiaries 24/7, as well as, training and retraining for staff On regular basis.
Commending the exemplary display of strong will by the people of Ijesaland to conceive construct, equip and satisfactorily deliver the second but biggest Geriatric Hospital in Nigeria in Ijesaland, the Chairman of the Board of Obafemi Awolowo University Teaching Hospital Complex (OAUTHC), Alhaji Shehu Ningi who led other Board Members; Top Management; and Staff of OAUTHC to the historical event , stated that the gesture was second to none in Nigeria.
Earlier in his welcome address the OAUTHC Acting CMD, Professor Muyiwa Owojuyigbe appreciated the resoluteness of eminent Ijesa people to dip into their hard earnings and collectively finance the unprecedented massive project, describing it as the most significant community-sponsored project in Nigeria, which he said would not have been possible without the unparalleled sense of togetherness.
“I want to heartily appreciate Asiwaju Yinka Fasuyi for his leadership, the Project Management Team (PMT) for prioritizing the good health of the Ijesa people through the 2021 Health is Wealth project, the Project Monitoring and Evaluation Committee (PMEC) and the Project Technical Advisory Committee (PTAC) for their expertise and professional guidance. We really cannot thank you enough.
Again, we are grateful to the experts that would be serving on the Advisory Committee for the sustenance of this project. We pray that God grant you the wisdom to proffer the processes that would engender the sustainability of this project”, he said
Highlights of the well attended epoch event were the formal signing of the Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) on the operations of Ijesaland Geriatric Centre; inauguration of the 7-Man Advisory Committee; and the formal presentation of the IGC Assets Register to the OAUTHC.
At the completion of the project, the Management Teams are leaving behind a sum of *N109,344,878:00 (ONE HUNDRED AND NINE MILLION, THREE HUNDRED AND FORTY-FOUR THOUSAND, EIGHT HUNDRED AND SEVENTY-EIGHT NAIRA ONLY).
This is laudable. I want to commend the Asiwaju of Ijesa Land and his team for a job well done.We are equally warming up as Ijesa man to add our quota to the development of Ijesa land.Thank you
ReplyDeleteThanks to God for the wonderful elites who are good sons and daughters of ijesa . It's one thing to have money and good exposure but the best thing is to have passion / love for mankind . All these labour of love will not go unnoticed by God the Giver of all good things. Asiwaju of Ijesa ride on to greater heights . U got God's back. Like father like Son .Prof Modupeola Asokhia
ReplyDeleteThe Ijesa can do spirit, legacy of unity and cooperation for community advancement established by our illustrious forebears in Egbe Atunluse to the birth of International Breweries Limited is a unique defining ethos that has been ingrained in the Ijesa DNA. Kudos to the facilitators and a call to duty and service for the next generation.
ReplyDeleteKudos to the Egbe Atunluse for these lauable Project. God Almighty will take them to great heights in every thing they lay their hands on. To God alone be all the Glory.
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