Ekiti to distribute 5,000 free eye-glasses

The Ekiti State government is set to distribute 5,000 pair of eye glasses to people with eye defects as officials of the state Ministry of Health yesterday took delivery of the items.  The Managing Director of ADFAG Nigeria Limited, Mr. Ademola Agboola, whose company is in charge of the supply said his company within the […]

The Ekiti State government is set to distribute 5,000 pair of eye glasses to people with eye defects as officials of the state Ministry of Health yesterday took delivery of the items.

 The Managing Director of ADFAG Nigeria Limited, Mr. Ademola Agboola, whose company is in charge of the supply said his company within the last two months had visited beneficiaries across the 16 local government areas of the state for proper eye testing before arriving at recommendation of the glasses.

The Ekiti State Commissioner for Health, Dr Simon Ojo, who led the Permanent Secretary and other officials of the Ministry of Health in taking the delivery at the Ministry of Health complex in Ado Ekiti, yesterday thanked the Ekiti State governor, Mr. Ayodele Fayose, for fulfilling his promise to “make life more meaningful for the Ekiti people.”

 Dr Ojo, who said the 2017 Oju Ayo free eye-glasses programme was a continuation of “delivery of dividends of democracy to the citizenry”, added that his ministry would continue with the programme in 2018 based on the need of the Ekiti people.