NAF
Again, NAF Commences
NAF
Again, NAF Commences Medical Outreach in
Borno
In continuation of its civil-military relations effort to win
the hearts and minds of host communities in the ongoing
counterinsurgency operations in the Northeast, the Nigerian Air
Force (NAF), today, 16 October 2019, flagged off a 3-day Medical
Outreach in Ngomari community of Borno State. The Medical Outreach,
an initiative of the Chief of the Air Staff (CAS), Air Marshal
Sadique Abubakar, would enable the people of Ngomari community have
access to free Medical services which would last until 18 October
2019. The free services to be provided during the Outreach, include
insecticide-treated mosquito nets, visual acuity screening, eye
glasses as well as Vitamin A supplements for children. Others are
de-worming for children, free medical consultations, laboratory
screening and minor surgeries.
In his goodwill message at the flag-off ceremony, the Special
Guest of Honour, the Executive Governor of Borno State, His
Excellency Professor Babagana Zullum, represented by the
Chairperson of the Borno State Emergency Management Agency, Hajiya
Yabawa Kolo, thanked the NAF for the provision of such medical
intervention for the host community. She also noted that the
assistance being rendered by the NAF, through the provision and
operation of 2 Level 2 Hospitals in Dalori and Bama communities as
well as feeding of over 1,000 school children daily, is a gesture
worthy of commendation and emulation.
In his remarks, the Commander Air Task Force Operation Lafiya
Dole, Air Commodore Precious Amadi, stated that the medical
outreach was being conducted as part of the NAF’s Humanitarian
initiatives aimed at improving the medical conditions of the people
of Ngomari. He said that the gesture was in furtherance of the
NAF’s corporate social responsibility geared towards meeting the
welfare and emergency needs of its host communities through the
provision of essential amenities and medical services in order to
further improve civil-military relations. The outreach and other
NAF Humanitarian efforts in the Northeast, the Commander said, are
part of NAF’s commitment to add value to the immediate communities
as well as the society at large. The choice of Ngomari, he said,
was partly informed by the fact that they have been good neighbours
to the NAF. He therefore implored the good people of the Community
to avail themselves of the opportunity to get treated for their
health challenges.
The people of the Community, who turned out in their large
numbers, thanked the NAF for its continuous assistance and support
to the community in the areas of welfare, health and provision of
security, among other benefits. It may be recalled that the NAF has
been rendering such Humanitarian services to the people of Borno
State through several medical outreaches as well as the two Level 2
Hospitals established in Dalori and Bama for IDPs since 2015 and
2016, respectively.
IBIKUNLE DARAMOLA
Air Commodore
Director of Public Relations and Information
Nigerian Air Force