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Kwara State Governor AbdulRahman AbdulRazaq on Thursday flagged off the use of a school clinic the administration newly rehabilitated for the state School for Special Needs, saying the gesture was to bring quality healthcare services to their doorsteps.
The Governor also said the government took such a step in recognition of their limited movement as persons living with different forms of disabilities.
Represented by the state commissioner for health Dr. Amina Ahmed El-Imam, governor AbdulRazq said no segment of the state would be left out in government efforts to improve the quality of life of the people in the state.
He said the state government is concerned on how indigent people can access health care without any hitch.
“I am impressed by the decision of the Kwara State Health Insurance Agency to renovate the school clinic and make it eligible for provider status under the health insurance scheme. The whole essence is to enroll everyone of these children into the state health insurance scheme as indigents. In other words, they will begin to enjoy free healthcare without having to go outside of their school compound,” he said in Ilorin at the official commissioning of the school clinic.
“This brings quality healthcare to their doorsteps in a way that fully considers their limitations as persons living with different forms of disabilities.”
In his remark the Principal, of Kwara State School for Special Needs, Olododo Ganiyu, thanked the state government for giving them a befitting clinic.
He said the school management would ensure adequate maintenance of the health facility.
Earlier in her welcome address the Executive Secretary, Kwara State Health Insurance Agency Dr. Olubunmi Jetawo-Winter said the idea behind the rehabilitation of the clinic is to make health care accessible and affordable for the students.
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