December 14th, 2024
The 36 state governors in the country have been called on by the Senate Leader, Opeyemi Bamidele to increase investment in healthcare to tackle the rising mortality rate at the grassroots.
The Senate Leader who was represented by his Senior Legislative Aide, Bunmi Oguntuase make the statement in Ado Ekiti while rounding off the second phase of his Free Medical Outreach across five local governments in Ekiti Central Senatorial District, where 9,400 people benefited.
He, however, bemoaned poor access of many Nigerians to quality healthcare, noting that most citizens often died of treatable diseases on account of poverty and poor access to robust healthcare.
“What we are doing is to give succour to those being afflicted by diseases and who don’t have the means to seek medical treatments. Let me advise our governors to invest more in the primary healthcare sector which remains the closest to the poor masses.
” Going by what some of the beneficiaries said, most of them had been experiencing the sicknesses for years, but today, they have been treated.
“Those with chronic health issues had been referred to better hospitals and Senator Bamidele is ready to foot the bills to give our people the dividends of democracy they deserve”, the Senate Leader said.