Tag: Mushin

• By Sherifdeen Amusa

The Medical Director of Mushin General Hospital, Lagos, Dr Oluyemi Taiwo, has promised to expand the hospital’s services to reduce the rate of referring patients to neighbouring hospitals.

Taiwo stated this at the community stakeholders meeting held on Thursday at the conference room of the hospital.

The meeting centred on seeking support from stakeholders and soliciting donors for the hospital.

Taiwo said: “We’ll harness the resources available and expand those services. Right now, we provide a number of services that ranges from Accident & Emergency, General Outpatient, Dental, Obstetrics and Gynaecology, Maternal and Child Centre at Itire Eleja branch. We are looking at some other things we can do because this is a secondary centre, and the vision is for us to be able to take this secondary centre to its zenith.”

She said the new services to be added include Ear, Nose and Throat, Surgical Services, and Orthopedics.

Lamenting the current limited services the hospital offers, she said it was always painful seeing the hospital referring patients to neighbouring hospitals for services it should be providing for the comfortability of the community.

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“We will try as much as possible to remodel, restructure and accommodate because it is a pain when we have clients coming into our facility and we are referring them to neighbouring facilities around. If we have to (refer patients) at all, it would go to a tertiary centre; that is what we can’t do, but we can do a number of things. And that’s why we are going to expand so that we can cover those areas and make people within this community a lot more comfortable in terms of services they required,” she said.

According to her, the hospital bed spaces had been increased, and would be doubled to 30 in about a week.

She added that the hospital workers from the security to the medical staff had been trained and retrained on how to have an improved cordial relationship with patients and relatives.

She decried harassment of their staff by patients’ relatives.

Chairman of Mushin Local Government, Emmanuel Bamigboye, represented by the Senior Special Adviser (SSA) on Health, Alhaji Sekoni Aliu, said the council is always ready to support the hospital and urged the MD to always reach out to the council for support.

• By Sherifdeen Amusa

Stakeholders in Mushin Local Government Area have warned against violent protests in Lagos State.

At a meeting conveyed by Chairman of Mushin Local Government, Emmanuel Bamigboye, the gathering appealed to youths to sheath their swords.

The meeting which had in attendance royal fathers, lawmakers, security agencies, religious bodies, ethnic groups, transport unions, artisans, party leaders and youths.

Bamigboye, who acknowledged the hardship in the country, said the country’s issues can’t be solved on protest ground.

“The country is in no doubt in a difficult moment, but the truth remains that the present government has been trying its best to fix Nigeria. We should remember that the country’s problem can’t be solved on the protest ground, I appeal to you all to embrace dialogue,” he said.

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Bamgboye, who alleged that there had been attempt to burn the secretariat in the past, urged residence not to give arsonists chance to fulfill their evil mission.

Member, House of Representatives, Toyin Fayinka, said citizens have the right to protest, but they should neither coerce anyone to join them, nor destroy properties.

Yinka Esho, a member of Lagos State House of Assembly, said protest could be done and completed in a day instead of elongating it for weeks which would escalate into violence.

Chairman, Mushin Local Government Area, Emmanuel Bamigboye, said his administration has performed excellently in the education sector.

He said this at the annual Children’s Day event at Ansar-Ud-Deen Primary School, Itire.

Bamigboye said: “We have done well in the education sector. Our administration has renovated 25 schools; we have made learning environment conducive, given bursary awards, exercise books, provided air conditioned buses for the movement of the children, bags and annual free GCE to make sure the future of the children is brighter.”

Commenting on the request to add the school to the beneficiaries of bursary, the council boss said it has been noted and something would be done on it.

He also said his administration hasn’t owed teachers’ salaries since he came on board seven years ago.

He also advised the pupils to face their studies and not allow phone addiction distract them from their academic work.

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The event featured March past and Choreography from pupils of Itire Primary School; Alafia Oluwa Primary School; Ansar-Ud-Deen Primary School and teachers from other schools.

The event also featured presentation of awards to the winners and was witnessed by about 500 pupils from various primary schools in Mushin Local Government Area.

Bamigboye said the council’s programme for the Children’s Day is a means to congratulate and support the pupils.

“We say congratulations to them on their anniversary. We also acknowledge them every year as a means to support them and make them happy,” he said.

• By Ummusalamah Kamorudeen, Ameenat Ilyas and Sahadat Jimoh

The Chairman, Mushin Local Government, Emmanuel Bamigboye, has distributed 2,000 big food packs to residents.

  Bamigboye also gave out N25,000 to 300 people.

According to him, the gesture was a relief on the economic hardship on the people, especially during this fasting period.

Bamgboye stated that the gesture cut across political parties.

The council boss stated the renovation of primary schools was ongoing.

He urged the residents to pay their taxes. He emphasised on the importance of preserving the government’s projects and to refrain from damaging public property.

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He advised the people to be patient and reassured them of the government’s commitment to improve their well-being, echoing the directives from the governor to spread happiness among the public.

He thanked the federal and the state governments for the success of the event.

A member of Governor Advisory Council (GAC), Senator Ganiyu Solomon, commended Bamigboye for the gesture. He said this would help the people of Mushin, especially during  the ongoing Ramadan fast.

He said: “This is not the first time we are having something like this. We had it awhile ago and at that time, we promised that it is going to be a continuous exercise as long as we still have people that will get pallatives  because we are not equal before God.”

Mushin Local Government has inaugurated a Taskforce Squad as part of measures to control the menace of environmental nuisance and walkway trading being constituted within the community.

Its Chairman, Emmanuel Bamgboye, l constituted a Five–Man Environmental Taskforce committee, to complement the activities of Environmental Sanitation officers to sustain the cleanliness of the environments around Mushin community.

According to him, the committee is saddled with the responsibility of clearing all environmental infractions on the walkways and drainages is also empowered to paste removal notices on abandoned vehicles.

“The Taskforce will apply discretionary measures on enforcement and shall be effected in accordance with the Lagos State Environmental Sanitation Laws.

“Members of the public are hereby advised to desist from indiscriminate abuse of the environments as the government will not hesitate to deal decisively with any person caught violating the environmental laws,” he said.

The chairman said traders who were in the habit of displaying goods on the walkways and drainage, would henceforth face the full wrath of law as the taskforce would commence operation any moment.

Bamgboye said that owners of abandoned vehicles causing environmental infractions on the streets should find a way to remove them as the taskforce has been empowered to paste removal notices on such vehicles.

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“The owners of abandoned vehicles causing environmental infractions on the streets should find a way to remove them as the taskforce has been empowered to paste removal notices on such vehicles which signifies that such vehicles will be towed by government officials,” he said.

“As the rainy season is approaching, residents are advised to always clear their drainage channels to allow free flow of wastewater.

“They should also dump their refuse appropriately by patronising government registered waste managers.

A clean environment is a healthy environment. Let’s keep our environments clean, and be free from diseases and other infections,” the chairman said.

The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the Five–Man committee include, Mr Showande Rasaq, Chairman; Ogunti Busayo, Secretary; Oredola Gabriel; Hakeem Folorunsho and Abati Olamide as members.

Mushin Local Government Chairman Emmanuel Bamigboye, has lifted indigent pupils with free Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB) forms.

 This, he said, would assist those who may not have the means to pursue their dreams of higher education.

This event, which was held at the Mushin Local Government secretariat, had the beneficiaries and their parents in attendance.

Addressing the beneficiaries, Bamigboye said it’s with sense of pride and purpose to embark on a noble mission to empower the indigent students of the community with free JAMB Forms as educational palliative, in order to assists their parents.

He added that significant steps are taken towards ensuring that every deserving student has a fair chance to excel academically.

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“The JAMB forms that we’re distributing will serve as a passport to a world of knowledge, growth and endless possibilities, with the aim to enable our students in Mushin compete on an equal footing with their more privileged peers,” he said.

He added that his administration will not relent in providing the best for youths and students in all ramifications.

“Our administration takes educational standard at higher priority by building conducive blocks of classrooms, providing free exercise books, writing materials and distributing school bags to pupils in public primary school in mushin LGA, at the beginning of every new academic session.

“GCE and JAMB forms were purchased yearly and distributed freely to indigent students, with the aim of relieving parents of the expenses and enhance the academic career of our teeming youths,” he said.