Thousands of Ilorin residents in Kwara State, on Sunday, benefited from the free medical outreach organised to mark the 10th year remembrance anniversary of the late former Senate Leader, Dr. Olusola Saraki.
The two-day programme, which began Saturday November 12 till November 13, was organised by the Olusola Saraki Educational Foundation to commemorate the death of Saraki.
The Publicity Secretary of the Foundation, Dr. Seyi Adigun, said the free medical outreach was aimed at catering for the less privileges and aged people living in Ilorin and other adjoining areas of the state capital.
He said the medical services covered free medical consultation, free cardio-vascular check-up, free diabetes, screening, free eye checkup, and other medical tests, as well as glasses and free drugs for all participants.
Local Government Areas which benefited from the free medical intervention included: Zango, Oke-Andi, Kulende, Basin, Eyenkorin and other surrounding communities.
Adigun added that, “The medical team are attending to people of various strata, including youths, aged women, market people as well as less advantaged who could not afford hospital services due to economic hardship of the moment.
“The commemoration of the 10 years memorial of late Dr. Abubakar Olusola Saraki, the Waziri Ngeri of Ilorin, became important because he used his lifetime for service of the people, particularly the common man.”
Meanwhile, former Senate President and son of Olusola Saraki, Dr. Bukola Saraki, yesterday in Ilorin interacted with the participants at the free medical outreach to assess the success of the programme.
Bukola Saraki, who commended the organiser of the programme, said it has provided opportunity for the less privileged people in the society to benefit from the free medical outreach.
He, therefore, called on the people to come out en masse to enable them take the advantage of free medical outreach.
Olusola Abubakar Saraki, born 17 May 1933, was a Nigerian politician, who was a Senator in the Nigerian Second Republic.
He was the holder of the chieftaincy title of the Waziri of the Ilorin Emirate, and belonged to the Agoro compound in Agbaji.
Olusola Saraki died on 14 November 2012 in Ikoyi, Lagos.
