A consultant neurologist at the Federal Medical Centre, Abeokuta, Ogun State, Dr Abdul-Haadi Thiamy, has urged Nigerians to place premium on care for the elderly and their aged parents to strengthen their health and make them live longer.He urged young people to take care of their aged ones in order not to lose values that bind us with them in terms of extended family relationships.
“I urge everyone to live by the lesson of Ramadan and the message of the lecture and also try to be kind to other people now and after Ramadan,” he said.
Also Speaking, the Olupo of Oluponna in Ayedire Council, Osun State, Oba AbdulRafiu Mosobalaje, Bamgboye II, Ilufemiloye Ariwajoye I, lauded the initiative and efforts of Prof. Lai Olurode for Ramadan lecture.
The royal father described the programme as historic, capable of rekindling the lost values of family members, adding that it will go a long way to refresh the memory of the new generation on the need to take care of the elderly and their aged parents.
A member of the medical outreach and a medical consultant, Dr. Seriki Jide, described the outreach as beneficial to the people of the community, adding that it is essentially to cater for Primary Health Care issues.
According to Jide, the concept at the community levels was to provide drugs to the less privileged and to identify cases beyond the primary health issues and make referral to teaching hospitals like Bowen.
He encouraged the beneficiaries to ensure they administer the drugs given to them in accordance with necessary prescriptions. Also present at the event was The Weekend Editor of The Guardian, Alhaji Kabir Alabi Garba and others.