OSUN GOVERNMENT ALERTS CITIZENS ON EXISTENCE OF COVID-19 PANDEMIC AS LION CLUB INAUGURATES LEGACY PROJECT IN OSOGBO
Osun State Governor, Alhaji Gboyega Oyetola has again alerted the members of the public to continue to observe the guidelines and specific instructions against the spread of Coronavirus pandemic in the State.
This was part of the messages of the Commissioner for health, Hon. Isamotu Rafiu Olasunkanmi, at the official inauguration of a legacy project of Osogbo Metropolitan Club, held on Thursday, at the Osun State Specialist Hospital, Asubiaro, Osogbo.
The health commissioner, ably represented by the Permanent Secretary of the ministry, Mr. Dayo Olaluwoye said Nigerians were only lucky to be gradually getting out of the grip of the deadly virus.
According to him, countries like Spain, Germany, United Kingdom, United States of America, among others are currently battling with the Covid-19 pandemic as they daily record greater number of cases across the globe.
He therefore charged Osun people to observe social distancing, use of facemasks, washing of hands and application of hands’ sanitizers in all public engagements to stay safe.
Earlier, the outgoing President of the Osogbo Metropolitan Lions Club, Hon. Solabomi Akinsola has appreciated the Governor, Commissioner of health and the Hospital Management Board for allowing the Club to build the women convenience facility on the land of the State Hospital.
The Club’s President for 2019/2020 Lions year said “I want to say here that Lions Club International is the largest humanitarian service Club in the world at large. It is on this note that the Club decided to embark on construction of convenience for three (3) departments at the State Specialist Hospital, Asubiaro, they are Family Planning, Infant Welfare and Ante-natal, after seeking from the authority of the hospital the areas the club can compliment efforts of the Government to bring health to standard in the State of Osun”.
According to her, the donor of the project, Alhaji Abdulrazak Salawu must be duly acknowledged and appreciated because he made the dream of the facility a reality ‘in a miraculous way’ despite the period of total lockdown occassioned by Covid-19 pandemic in Osun State.
“Alhaji Salawu is a friend of the family, he wholeheartedly made the dream come true. 99% of the money spent on this project came from him, while my family, friends and members of the Club cleared the remaining 10%”, Lion Akinsola explained.
The project which took off in February 2020, was commissioned and unveiled by the Permanent Secretary in the Ministry of health, Mr. Dayo Olaluwoye.
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