The wife of the Delta State Governor and founder of 05
Initiative, Dame Mrs. Edith Okowa has commissioned a water bore hole project at
the Nigerian Prisons, Sapele to improve the health and living condition of the
over 380 inmates in the prison.
She also commissioned a fully equipped state of the
art Sickle Cell Clinic and renovated labour ward at the Central Hospital,
Sapele with an aim to bring succour to sufferers of sickle cell anaemia and
replicate the 05 Initiative project in all Central Hospitals in Delta state.
At the Sapele prisons, Dame Okowa who performed this commissioning
water borehole, said that she built the water bore hole to enable the inmates
enjoy potable water, adding that the gesture was part of the determination of
the 05 Initiative to add value to the lives of the less privileged, just as she
admonished the inmates to always look up to God as their only helper.
Deputy Comptroller of Prisons, Sapele, Mr. Valentine
Ike Nwosu who lauded the magnanimity of Dame Okowa for providing water for the
inmates, explained that the absence of water in prison could result in the
breakdown of law and order.
While commending her for helping to decongest the prison
through the payment of fines for inmates who have regained freedom, the Deputy
Comptroller appealed for more assistance to help assuage the challenges of the
prison.
Some of the Prison Inmates who praised Dame Edith
Okowa for her contributions, called on other well-meaning Deltans and Nigerians
to emulate her good gestures so as to make life better for the needy and
downtrodden.
Shortly after the commissioning, Dame Okowa inspected
equipment in the laboratory, as Dr. Ovie Atanunu, H.O.D. Laboratory Department
at the Central Hospital demonstrated laboratory procedures in managing crisis
with the use of Hematology auto analyzer, Haemoglobin electro phoresis and
Hematocrit centrifuge provided by the 05 Initiative. Laboratory experts
demonstrated the functions of the Hematology auto analyzer
She also inspected and commissioned the Labour Room
renovated by wife of the Speaker of Delta State House of Assembly, Mrs. Ejiro
Igbuya, where a woman, Mrs. Veronica Ighorodje was delivered of a bouncing baby
boy amid jubilation.
Dame Okowa described the 05 Initiative as a humanitarian programme
which draws its objectives from the Biblical book of Matthew 25: 35-36 with an
obligation of “Changing our world, one person at a time.
She said the aim of the 05 Initiative is to establish
a one-stop Sickle Cell Clinic at all Central Hospitals in the State ahead of
the establishment of a referral centre in Asaba, the Delta capital.
She therefore encouraged Deltans, irrespective of their
positions, especially elected officials and political appointees to help fund
projects of the 05 Initiative to bring sucour to carriers of sickle cell
anaemia through effective, intensive medical treatment, advocacy and
enlightenment campaigns. Read more at:
Earlier in her welcome speech, Director General of the
05 Initiative, Mrs. Oghenekevwe Agas, revealed that the scheme was ewtablished
to ensure that the survival rate of people with sickle cell disorder is higher,
adding that the essence of the equipment at the clinic was to eradicate
encumbrances faced by Survival Success People in accessing health facilities.
Dr. Mrs. Alero Olanipekun and Nutritionist Dr. Ejiro
Ogheneaga made presentations on the challenges, management, control and
treatment of sickle cell disorder while the children and members of the Sickle
Cell Club of Delta State had a “Success and Survival” dance and testimonies
from focal persons.
The Delta state Commisioner for Health, Dr. Nicholas Azinge
thanked the founder of 05 Initiative and her team for giving hope to people
with Sickle cell disorder, urging the hospital authority to imbibe good
maintenance culture in handling the hospital facilities.
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