In furtherance of his philanthropic gestures, the founder, Afe Babalola University, Ado Ekiti, Aare Afe Babalola, has again embarked on a two-week multi million naira free health services for the residents of Ekiti State.
The free health programme, which took off at the premises of the Federal Teaching Hospital, Ido Ekiti, was targeted at pregnant women, children and the aged people within and outside the state, irrespective of their origin.
Speaking with reporters at the venue of the scheme, the Provost, ABUAD College of Medicine and Health Services, Prof. Olurotimi Sanya, disclosed that the programme had gulped well over N10 million naira.
Sanya explained that the free health scheme was borne out of Babalola’s philanthropy to make life easier for the ordinary people, adding, “The free health scheme is meant to further spread the dragnet of his philanthropy to those captured as the vulnerable group, including children, pregnant women and the aged.”
