The wife of the Deputy Governor of Oyo State, Prof. Hamdalat Olaniyan, has advised Nigerians to support government in reviving the moribund health sector in the country, noting that collective support in the health sector will surely move the country forward.
Prof. Olaniyan made this known while speaking at the investiture of Dr. Selifat Adeyemi as the President of Oyo State Chapter of Medical Women Association of Nigeria (MWAN), calling for collective efforts in reviving the nation’s state of health.
Addressing the members of the union to support the government in making the health sector move forward she said, “I value your core values and your commitment to improving the health care in Nigeria, definitely, I’m part of you, I know most of your programmes and they are very laudable ones and definitely, we know that government cannot do it alone we all have to be involved.
“We have to be involved as individuals, as communities and as associations to move this nation forward, we all know the challenges we are facing in this country we know the problems that we are facing, and definitely is not only the health sector that is facing this problem but as for me and as far as I’m concerned, the health sector is the most important sector because if one is not well and healthy, definitely one cannot do anything.
“It is on this note I’m urging all of us here to be involved and I’m so happy with the progress that this association is really making, and there are definitely so many challenges like there are so many things that we might wish we want to do but that we are unable to do but I want to beg you not to relent on your efforts”.
Also speaking, the new president of the union, Dr. Adeyemi promised to move the union forward as well as look into the welfare of the girl child and women in the state, adding that, “Though all our directives will be coming from the national body, it is all encompassing, making sure that we build intelligent and socially acceptable females and their mothers too, not just the children.
“Taking the union forward will be my watch-word, we celebrate a lot of activities which are national events, like the breast cancer day, the diabetic day, all the things that are happening serially, many of them, handwashing day, we will take advantage of it and make a programme out of it throughout the year”, she promised.
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