By Asma’u Ahmad
The Speaker of the Osun State House of Assembly, Mr. Najeem Salaam, said the parliament will continue to support the executive arm of government in providing affordable healthcare for the citizens of the state.
Mr. Salaam who said this in Osogbo while receiving the members of Diabetes Association of Nigeria (DAN), noted that the state government had improved the health care delivery in the state, said the government would be encouraged to do more.
He urged all other stakeholders in the health sector in the state to support the government’s programmes in providing affordable and qualitative healthcare for the citizenry.
In his remarks, the House Committee Chairman on Health, Mr. Leke Ogunsola, said diabetes was an ailment that kills if proper care and enlightenment were not given to the public.
Mr. Ogunsola said if these had been done, people would know the causes and how to prevent diabetes.
Also speaking, the DAN National Vice-President, Mr. Sunday Olayemi, commended the assembly for supporting the association in its fight against diabetes.
Mr. Olayemi urged other states’ parliaments to assist diabetic patients in tackling the challenge of insufficient drugs for patients in the hospitals.
