The Nigerian Navy (NN) at the weekend offered free medical treatment to over 300 rural dwellers in the oil-rich Tongeji Island in Ipokia LGA of Ogun State.
Recall that the Nigerian Navy Training Command’s (NAVTRC’s) chapter of the Naval Officers Wives Association (NOWA), in October, 2023, patterned the Olota of Otta, Oba Adeyemi Abdulkabir, on a one-day free medical outreach for rural dwellers in the community, during which over 500 people benefited.
Again, the medical team of the navy was in Tongeji Island to embark on a free medical treatment for the inhabitants of the isolated island which is about 50 minutes away from the closest town in Nigeria but about 10 minutes away from Port Novo in Benin Republic.
The free medical Rhapsody program was rolled out by the chief of Naval staff, Vice Admiral Emmanuel I Ogalla at the weekend.
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Flagging off the programme, the Flag Officer Commanding (FOC) Western Naval Command, Rear Admiral Mustapha Hassan, urged the villagers to take advantage of the gesture to see to their health issues.
He said, “You, your children and indeed your entire households, will be attended to by the medical team. We are here on the directive of the Chief of the Naval Staff (CNS), Vice Admiral Emmanuel Ogalla.”
He noted that the aim of the outreach was to eliminate complications occasioned by lack of adequate medical attention in the area.
Earlier, the Akoko of Tongeji, Oba B I Olorun Kose Okiki Sule 1, expressed appreciation to the navy for always carrying his community along in their programmes since the inception of the naval base in the community.
