By Oziegbe Okoeki
Lagos State First Lady, Dr. (Mrs.) Ibijoke Sanwo-Olu, has said plans are underway for an endowment fund to defray the cost of paediatric surgeries for needy babies of Ayinke House at the Lagos State University Teaching Hospital (LASUTH), Ikeja.
She spoke during a courtesy visit to LASUTH yesterday as part of activities heralding the 2019 National Women Conference organised by the Committee of Wives of Lagos State Officials (COWLSO). Sanwo-Olu is the Chairman of the Committee.
The first lady said it was important to make the right investment in healthcare delivery to play up the health of the people, and also support the needy.
According to her, the present administration of Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu had already identified healthcare as a major sector to be massively supported in line with efforts to ensure a greater Lagos.
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“We decided to do our CSR here; this is Ayinke House in LASUTH. “We are hoping that we would send the message down to the people that there is need for us to invest in our patients, as well as invest in our doctors and nurses so that they can deliver good healthcare to our people in Lagos State which is one of the key pillars of the development agenda of the government of Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu for a greater Lagos.
“We have come here and we have identified something we can take up as our project and that is endowment fund for the paediatric surgeries that are being done here. Already, the Lagos State Government is doing 0-12 free healthcare for children but we need to also partner with them for the endowment fund and encourage a lot of people to also partner with us.”
She was accompanied by the wife of the deputy governor, Mrs Oluremi Hamzat, and hundreds of COWLSO members. They also embarked on ‘Awareness Walk’ from LASUTH to Lagos House in Alausa, Ikeja, as part of efforts to further inform residents on the forthcoming National Women Conference of COWLSO scheduled to hold from October 22 to 24, 2019 at the Convention Centre of Eko Hotels and Suites, Victoria Island, Lagos.
Also speaking, Chief Medical Director of LASUTH, Professor Adetokunbo Fabamwo, said the management of LASUTH was extremely delighted to partner with the first lady to support the needy babies through the endowment fund.
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