Oluwasegun Isiaka, a National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) member, has embarked on free cataract surgery for 20 indigents suffering from cataract in Bauchi as part of his Community Development Service (CDS) project.
Speaking during the commencement of the surgery at the state Specialist Hospital in Bauchi on Thursday, the State Coordinator of NYSC, Alhaji Namadi Abubakar, commended the corps member of the selfless task embarked on as his CDS project.
He called on Philanthropists and other well to do members of the state to encourage Corps members to execute Community Development Projects.
He said this would offer them the required morale in executing projects that would have direct and positive impacts on the lives of the people in their host communities.
The state Coordinator also appealed to the beneficiaries and every member of the state to cooperate with the authorities in ensuring safety of life and properties of Corps members posted to their communities for one year mandatory service.
In his address, the corps member who was posted to the state's Specialist Hospital said the project was to assist the indigents who had been diagnosed with cataracts but could not afford to pay for the surgery.
He said he observed that a lot of cataract patients patronise unorthodox treatment (Aiki gargajiya) for the disease because they could not afford the surgery and most of them came back to his PPA (the Specialist Hospital) still blind.
The corps member with the state code BA/21B/1948 said this, motivated him into embarking on the project as well as sensitising them on how and where to seek proper treatment.
"The project was done to help those who can't afford the surgery so that they will see and educate people of the community on the proper treatment when they are in the situation after we have created awareness and a platform to educate people about cataract and the proper treatment.
"This will prevent them from patronizing unorthodox treatment (aiki gargajiya) and also help convey the message as to the right treatment (cataract surgery) for others with the same condition.
"20 people were selected and out of this number, we have 11 females and nine males," he said.
The 2021 Batch B stream II corps member revealed that the project was singlehandedly carried out by him at the rate of N620,500.
One of the beneficiaries who spoke on behalf of others, Malam Mohammed Mohammed from Duguri community of Alkaleri Local Government Area of the state, appreciated Isiaka for the kind gesture.
He recalled that the corps member was among the corps members who attended to him during the NYSC medical outreach in his community last year.
He prayed to Allah to take over the corps member's affairs in all that he did and wish him a successful life after service.
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