By Kayode Animasaun
The Acting Governor of Ondo State, Lucky Ayedatiwa has promised that the state government will strengthen the partnership with the National Youth Service Corps, NYSC, towards ensuring that many rural dwellers benefit from the scheme’s qualitative healthcare services.
Ayedatiwa made this remark while flagging off the first quarter Health Initiative for Rural Dwellers (HIRD) programme held at Ipogun community in Ifedore Local Government.
The Acting Governor, represented by the Permanent Secretary, Ministry of Youth and Sports Development, Mrs Foluke Tunde-Daramola commended the NYSC for reaching out beyond her primary mandate of uniting the country to provide free and qualitative healthcare services to rural communities.
In an address, the State Coordinator, Mrs Victoria Nnenna Ani said that NYSC came up with the idea of the Health Initiative for Rural Dwellers (HIRD) programme as a means to reach out to the rural dwellers who under normal circumstances were unable to access medical attention as a result of neglect and remoteness of their locations.
The State Coordinator disclosed that the programme aimed at mobilising volunteer corps medical personnel to rural settings to complement government at all levels to give free and qualitative healthcare services.
Also speaking, the Adapogun Oripogun of Ipogunland, Oba Raphael Ojo urged the community dwellers to take advantage of free medical services provided by the NYSC to improve their health conditions.
Some corps medical personnel gave health talks on critical health conditions such as blood pressure, diabetes, physical well-being, and balanced diet as well as discourse on open defecation before a medical investigation and administration of drugs.
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