"Resume Healthy with Academic Excellence”, As Dr. Sola Pitan Holds Medical Outreach For 2500 School children In Lagos

 

By Yomi Durojaye 

Orile Agege General Hospital (OAGH) has organized Y2024 Back-to-School Medical Outreach 2024/2025 academic session resumption for 2500 school children in Lagos 

CEO/MD, Orile Agege General Hospital, Dr. Sola Pitan

 

The Medical Director/CEO of OAGH.  Dr. Sola Pitan disclosed this during the commencement of the week-long Back-To-school Medical Outreach held recently at the facility, stressing that the programme was initiated to meet the school-health needs of children within the Orile Agege community ahead of the school resumption. The initiative is the third edition and is themed: “Resume Healthy: Academic Excellence”, with a target of 2500 school children.

 “The programme was designed to ensure a healthy life that enhances children’s learning between ages five and 15 during the school year. The children will go through pediatrics, evaluation, eye, ear, dental checks, nutrition/diabetes and social welfare services. The various screening will help detect potential health problems and improve the overall health of the children", he stated.

The programme, he said, started in 2022 and it has been increasing by the year with the number of children and partners as more people in the community now trust the government hospitals with their health care, as such they come along with their children.

The Medical Director added that the Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu-led government recognised OAGH’s growth and designated the hospital as one of the government-owned facilities to start training medical house officers.

He said, “We have got accommodation for them; we are ready and waiting for the visit of the Medical and Dental Council of Nigeria (MDCN) to come and accredit us. We thank the Governor for helping us to achieve that status. Our theatre used to be two but it’s now a four-suite theatre; we have also been able to expand the hospital services", Pitan said. 

This, according to him, is a testament to the good works that Governor Sanwo-Olu and all the health care providers are doing. All the training, capacity development, and every other tool and support are instrumental to the hospital's achievements as well as the support of the community. 

Dr. Pitan said OAGH is giving its best to the community to achieve the state government's desire to increase further access to healthcare delivery within and outside Orile Agege.

In his remarks, the Permanent Secretary, Lagos State Hospital Service Commission (HSC), Dr. Benjamin Eniayewun lauded the hospital for championing the well-being of children in the state through its health initiative.

He said:  “What we have on ground is best described with ‘The fact speaks for itself’, I can only say that this is the way to go. Prevention is sometimes better than cure; health promotion is the way to go, and there is so much we can do in this space before people fall sick, they’ll toe the wellness line”.

Also speaking at the event, the Executive Chairman of Agege Local Government, Hon. Ganiyu Kola Egunjobi ably represented by his vice Chairman, Hon. Oluwagbenga Abiola Agbelebu, said schools pupils are wonderful children of God that nothing is too much for the quality upbring of those children.

Hon. Abiola who hailed Dr. Pitan for the first of His kinds initiative to ensure School pupils enjoyed quality medical services that sharpened their knowledge and academic excellence.

As a government, "we will ensure the prioritization of excellent service delivery to our school pupils to enhance their quality performance in their academic and curricular activities". Abiola concluded.

Why We Inaugurated Agege Crime Fighter "Paramole" - Egunjobi, Gbenga Abiola

  

AgegePulse Magazine

The Executive Chairman of Agege Local Government, High Chief Alhaji Ganiyu Kola Egunjobi, JP has expressed the real initiatives behind the Community Security Outfit Paramole Inaugurated at the council area yesterday.

Why We Inaugurated Agege Crime Fighter "Paramole" - Egunjobi, Gbenga Abiola

Egunjobi stated that, the prevailing sorry state of affairs in respect of securing Nigeria and Nigerians are the consequences of youth restiveness, high unemployment rate among youths, inadequate security officers and low usage of technology.

"Their responsibility (Paramole) is to laise with the Lagos Neighborhood Safety Corps and the Police as regards information sharing , dissemination and possible arrest of criminals within Agege".

"Kindly spare me few minutes to recount the genesis of what will now be known in Lagos as Agege Crime Fighters or Pàràmòlè. 

"Sometime early this year my mentor and leader, Rt. Hon. Mudasiru Ajayi Obasa talked me and my counterpart, Hon. Johnson Babatunde into the idea of establishing a community's security group to stem the growing tide of crime in our areas and the rest is history".

"On my watch, Agege Local Government has been trying to address those issues, for many reasons including making our community more secured because *an idle mind is the devil's workshop* . Owò tò dì lè nì ròŕè n sò!

"Over 250 others are on the council's payroll, receiving N10,000 each every month and encouraged to engage in noble cause. 

"Through the newborn Agege Crime Fighters, the council has employed 50 persons to complement regular security operatives in order to make our community a safer place.

According to him, the recruits placed on monthly salary underwent security training for months. They will have at their disposal two buses, four motorcycles and ten bicycles for patrol while they're not allowed to bear arms in any form. 

In a brief interview with the Vice Chairman of the Council, Hon. Gbenga Abiola Agbelebu who also dressed in the security outfit stated that, "the Security outfit is being created to assist the Nigerian Police Force and other security agencies on information, gathering , dissemination and ameliorating criminal activities within Agege Local Government. 

"Remember that some Years ago, Agege Local Government started a deradicalization program for about 300 youths as we engage them in several vocations , training and re orientation with monthly stipend on those who are ready to be part of the deradicalization process".

"They will be supervised by other Para military agency headed by the Nigerian Police force and properly profiled by the Department of Secrete Service ( DSS ) amongst others.

The foundational ideology of this is dedicated towards mopping all nooks and crannies of Agege clean and clear of criminals and deradicalizing those who are willing to change by giving them an opportunity to turn a new leave. 

"Agege Local Government will leave no stone unturned in ensuring that we bring serenity,  safety and provide the structure for a more secure Agege". Agbelebu concluded

Democracy Award: Scribe 57 Congratulates Tinubu, Ethopian PM

...As Gbenga Abiola Charges Youths To Involve in Politics

AgegePulse Magazine

Association of Secretaries to the Local Government of Lagos State, Scribe 57 has congratulated the National Leader of the All Progressives Congress, Bola Tinubu and the Prime Minister of Ethiopia, Abiy Ahmed, who won the African Democracy Award recently in Ethiopia.


A statement on Tuesday said they were recognised for their efforts to grow democracy and good governance on the African continent.

According to the statement, the award was conferred on them at the 4th African Political Summit and Diamond Awards in Addis Ababa, the Ethiopian capital.



The award was said to be the highlight of a three-day conference on Campaign Financing and Elections in Africa, an initiative of the Association of Political Consultants, Africa.

According to the president of APC Africa, Kehinde Bamigbetan, “ the award serves to recognise and encourage icons of democracy and good governance in Africa. It has been our culture to celebrate those political figures who have done a lot to promote democracy in their respective countries.”

He described Ahmed as an outstanding leader who had done a lot to strengthen democracy, human rights, press freedom and peace in East Africa.


Bamigbetan said Tinubu was recognised for his commitment to democracy and human rights.

“Asiwaju is a political figure whose impacts have been felt not just in Nigeria, especially with the historic election of President Muhammadu Buhari on the platform of the opposition APC, but also across many countries in Africa,” he added.


Amongst the major participants and delegates from Nigeria, Chairman of Scribe 57, Mr. Lekan Bakare and Hon. Gbenga Abiola amongst others Secretaries to the Local Government of Lagos State.

In another development, the Secretary to Agege LGA, Hon. Gbenga Abiola has charged the youths to get involved in the politics of today and position themselves in the heart of the decision makers.

He added that, the nation building lies in the hands of capable, brilliant and intellectual youths that can write the glory of our dear nation in bold

Education: Capacity Building

Agege LGA Mobilizes Youth for Vocational Training

A new batch of youth in Agege Local Government Area has been mobilized for new session at the world class Agege Vocational Training Centre. This is coming after the graduation of about 400 youth that have been trained on various vocations over the year.

In a chat with AgegePulse at the sensitization cum orientation exercise organized for the new intakes, the Sole Administrator of Agege LGA, Hon. Olugbenga Abiola stated that acquiring a vocational skill is necessary to impart positively on the youth especially those who live and reside in Agege, stating that this type of initiative would re-orientate, reshape and redirect the youth by giving them a sense of belonging towards achieving success and enjoyment of the dividend of democracy.

He revealed that the new session is part of his plan to ensure an intensive youth empowerment programme with a curriculum to instill discipline in the youth.

 “It is more intensive than just a regular vocational training. For instance, we have tailoring programme which is a year course, the hairdressing /cosmetologist section is a 6 mo

nths course, computer studies is a three months course, computer engineering takes three months, phone engineering is three months, catering is 6 months and after the training, participants get certificate just like a diploma” S.A highlighted .

Speaking on the theme; Youth Unemployment & Role of Vocational Training to Nation Building, Agege LGA Head of Education, Mr. Peter Bamidele Adetimeyin noted that financial crisis, lack of adequate skills, as well as skills and education mismatched are major causes of unemployment in Nigeria.

detimeyin stressed that the consequences of the aforementioned causes of unemployment should endeared youth to take advantage of the practical system of vocational training, adding that university undergraduates should also consider acquiring practical skills to give them edge upon graduation. 

He affirmed that vocational training is the key to solve youth unemployment.