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Governor Sanwo-Olu Relaunches, Expands Jigi-Bola Programme

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3 years ago

Jun 30, 2021.

“The aim of this relaunch is to improve the capacity for efficient eye and ear care delivery and to ensure that Lagosians do not lose their vision and hearing when it could have been prevented.”

EKO HOT BLOG reports that Lagos State Governor, Babajide Sanwo-Olu, has on Tuesday relaunched and expanded the Blindness Prevention Programme twenty years after the take-off of the popular “Jigi-Bola” programme.

Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu, while re-launching the programme targeted at reaching 250,000 Lagosians across the state, said his administration was relaunching the Jigi-Bola initiative in celebration of one of the many legacy grassroots outreach programmes of the administration of Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu and to restate its commitment to improving the wellbeing and welfare the residents of Lagos State.

Speaking at the event which was held at the Police College, Ikeja, said the aim of the relaunch was to improve the capacity for efficient eye and ear care delivery and to ensure that Lagosians do not lose their vision and hearing when it could have been prevented.

“The aim of this relaunch is to improve the capacity for efficient eye and ear care delivery and to ensure that Lagosians do not lose their vision and hearing when it could have been prevented,” Governor Sanwo-Olu stated.

The governor further disclosed that the current administration had taken a step further with the Jigi-Bola Initiative by broadening its scope to include a hearing aid programme, which will cater for the needs of Lagosians.

Governor Sanwo-Olu added that the move was based on the understanding that vision and hearing impairment could make life difficult but could be prevented with early care and intervention.

According to the governor, the initiative is open to all Lagosians, including those in the grassroots across the 20 Local Government Areas.

He further noted that the services to be offered include early detection of eye conditions that may lead to blindness, eye and ear health education, free eye surgery and treatment, and also the distribution of hearing aids and eyeglasses.

Governor Sanwo-Olu, therefore, assured Lagosians that his administration was committed to making life much easier and better for the residents of the state irrespective of status, age, religion, tribe or other human differences.