Bauchi First Lady Embarks on 2-day Free Medical Outreach in Misau LGA
By Tony Okechukwu
An NGO founded by Bauchi State's First Lady, Hajiya Aisha Bala Muhammad, Al’Muhibbah Foundation has gone into a collaboration with Fidelity Bank, Bauchi to provide a 2-day free medical outreach in Misau local government area of the State.
Declaring the program open at Misau LGA, the first lady said her NGO was initially founded to address the issue of dilapidated burial grounds, but later expanded to capture humanitarian activities.
”Al’muhibbah Foundation is a non Governmental Organization that was known for humanitarian activities aimed at addressing issues that has to do with education, health and other challenges faced by many, the Foundation will do everything possible to identify and initiate programmes towards addressing the challenges faced by women and children.”
The First Lady, who earlier thanked the management of Fidelity Bank for the good initiative that will touch the lives of many, also appreciated the support and encouragement of her husband, Gov. Bala Muhammad.
In his remarks, the regional manager of Fidelity Bank, Dr. Musa Tarebuka, represented by the bank's Branch Manager, Alhaji Ahmad Yahaya, said the medical outreach is targeting about two thousand people, noting that, “services to be offered at the program are breast cancer screening, cervical cancer screening, free malaria test, blood pressure test and diabites test.”
Other services according to him are mass deworming, free drugs, free eye glasses and school health program amongst others.
The regional manager said the annual program of the bank had renovated various schools and hospitals across the state.
He thanked the first lady and the Emir of Misau for their support in ensuring the success of the program.
During her working visit to the area, the First Lady also presented some starter-packs to about fifty owners of small-scale businesses and donated medications to General Hospital Misau .
An NGO founded by Bauchi State's First Lady, Hajiya Aisha Bala Muhammad, Al’Muhibbah Foundation has gone into a collaboration with Fidelity Bank, Bauchi to provide a 2-day free medical outreach in Misau local government area of the State.
Declaring the program open at Misau LGA, the first lady said her NGO was initially founded to address the issue of dilapidated burial grounds, but later expanded to capture humanitarian activities.
”Al’muhibbah Foundation is a non Governmental Organization that was known for humanitarian activities aimed at addressing issues that has to do with education, health and other challenges faced by many, the Foundation will do everything possible to identify and initiate programmes towards addressing the challenges faced by women and children.”
The First Lady, who earlier thanked the management of Fidelity Bank for the good initiative that will touch the lives of many, also appreciated the support and encouragement of her husband, Gov. Bala Muhammad.
In his remarks, the regional manager of Fidelity Bank, Dr. Musa Tarebuka, represented by the bank's Branch Manager, Alhaji Ahmad Yahaya, said the medical outreach is targeting about two thousand people, noting that, “services to be offered at the program are breast cancer screening, cervical cancer screening, free malaria test, blood pressure test and diabites test.”
Other services according to him are mass deworming, free drugs, free eye glasses and school health program amongst others.
The regional manager said the annual program of the bank had renovated various schools and hospitals across the state.
He thanked the first lady and the Emir of Misau for their support in ensuring the success of the program.
During her working visit to the area, the First Lady also presented some starter-packs to about fifty owners of small-scale businesses and donated medications to General Hospital Misau .
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