Wife of governor of Delta State, Mrs Dame Okowa, has inaugurated a sickle cell centre in Sapele Central Hospital in Sapele Local Government Area of the state.
Mrs Okowa, during the event, said the centre would rekindle and bring joy to sufferers of the condition in Sapele and environs. She urged the hospital management and the community to work together to ensure that the centre is properly maintained and equipment.
Ealier, the wife of the Speaker of the Delta State House of Assembly, Mrs. Ejiro Igbuya, who spearheaded the project, said: “I am happy that my mother, the governor’s wife, is here to commission and support my widow’s mite for my people.”
She assured the governor’s wife of continued support and the prayers of the people of Sapele and the entire Okpe nation for her husband and his government. A women leader in Sapele, Mrs. Florence Abebe, who spoke on behalf of the women, said they were happy about the initiative.
She noted that sufferers of sickle cell anaemia in the area would no longer worry or suffer untold crisis as a result of lack of medical care.
By: Ebenezer Adurokiya - Warri
Nigerian Tribune News
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