TACDI, SAFI Organise Free Medical Care at Akugbe-Neriye

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By Lucky Isibor



Take A Cue Development Initiative (TACDI), on Saturday, 29 September organised a one day free medical services for residents of Akugbe-Neriye community in Oredo Local Government Area of Edo State.

Executive Director of TACDI, Mrs. Abiola Daisy Igaga (l) and a medical personnel during the free medical outreach


Welcoming participants to the free medical services which was organised by TACDI in collaboration with the Akugbe-Neriye Landlords and Landladies Association, Society for Awareness and Family Initiative (SAFI) and the National Agency for the Prohibition of Trafficking in Persons (NAPTIP), the Executive Director of TACDI, Mrs Abiola Daisy Igaga,   encouraged participants to make good use of the opportunity and urged them to ask questions that concerns their health, that of their children, dependants and wards. 
Mrs Abiola who is also the president of the Conference of Non-governmental Organizations (CONGOS) also appreciated SAFI and the other partners, who collaborated to organise the programme.
Medical personnel attending to patients at the event

While stating that the occasion was also used to sensitise the people on the negative impact of irregular migration, the provisions of the Edo State Violence Against Persons Prohibition (VAPP) Law and issues around Gender Based Violence, GBV, Mrs Daisy Abiola pointed out that the people need information on the  steps taken so far by the Edo State government to stamp out the menance in the state and where to get help for victims of GBV.

Speaking with newsmen at the end of the free medical exercise, Obode disclosed that 47 patients were attended to during the exercise adding that, " during the course of the program, 10 patients had very low sugar and were given first aid care with a bottle of Coke, while 10 others with high blood pressure readings were given sublingual administration of Nifedipine tablets and later referred to see a doctor and the remaining 27 had a good health status and were encouraged to continue with their health status".


While sensitising participants on the dangers of irregular migration, representatives of NAPTIP, Ruth Jir  and Mr Obi Onyebuchi  gave examples of the hellish situations trafficked girls go through once they're outside the shores of Nigeria and appealed to people to travel using the right channel, adding that the agency helps to bring back trafficked girls and pursue the prosecution of traffickers and their financiers, and urged members of the public to report any known offender or traffickers to the agency.

High point of the event was the distribution of fliers on the dangers of irregular migration, the provisions of the Edo State VAPP Law,among others.

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