300 Osun Residents Benefit From Akpabio Cares Initiative Health Outreach
Special Assistant to the Senate President on the New Media, Ahmed Tijani has advised Nigerians to take good care of their health as no fewer than 300 vulnerable residents of Osun State benefited from a free health outreach he sponsored under the Akpabio Cares Initiative.
Speaking with journalists in Osogbo during the event that witnessed various medical checks, free eye screening, free reading glasses distribution, free supplies of drugs to beneficiaries, Tijani said the initiative was put together in the name of the Senate President, Senator Godswill Akpabio.
He also disclosed plans to move the health initiative across the six geo political zones in the country as part of the efforts to keep vulnerable Nigerians in good health.
He said, “Basically, this is just giving back to the local community in the name of the Senate President, Senator Godswill Akpabio, because we feel that it is important for Nigerians to look after their health.
On what Nigerians should expect from Akpabio-led Senate in year 2024, Tijani said achieving January to December budget circle was a clear indication of the Senate’s readiness to enhance capacity of the executive and speed up development of the country.
He also assured Nigerians that the Senate would continue to focus on the business of making laws to impact positively on the lives of all Nigerians.
His words: “The job of the Senate is to make laws and have appropriation that would better the lives of over 200 million Nigerians. We have seen that painstakingly being done. The Senate has ensured that they kept to the January – December budget cycle and this is a good starting point for Nigerians.
“We expect that in the year 2024, the Senate will focus on the serious business of law making because it is as important as governance itself. Years of bickering when the Senate and the executive would be working at cross purposes, I can confidently tell Nigerians, are behind us. Both are supposed to be partners in development, Tijani said.