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UNIC Club Donates Optometry Equipment To Ovia North East

A SOCIO-cultural and non-governmental organisation based in Toronto, Canada, UNIC Club of Toronto has donated optometry equipment worth over seventy-five thousands Dollars ($75, 000) to Ovia North East Local Government Council of Edo state.

Presenting the equipment at Okada, the administrative headquarters of the council area on Tuesday, the president of the club, Mr. Dave Imalele explained that the club decided to donate the hospital equipment to the local Government Area because of its resolve to always assist their people at home, adding that the health of the people is paramount to them.

“We all unanimously agree to be helping our people at home and that is why we decide to donate these equipment to our people here. We believe that most of our people always find it difficult to offset their hospital bills, and as a result most of them are always discouraged from going to the hospital and other health centres. This is why we have decided to focus on the health sector”, Imalele stated.

While disclosing that UNIC Club had severally donated heath equipment to some health centres, including the Central Hospital in the state capital, Imalele assured that the club will continue to assist the local government in areas that will better the living conditions of the people, stressing, “Once we discover that these equipment are well utilised, we will be challenged to do more.

He pledged that other local governments in the state will benefit from the kind gesture of the club provided that the equipment are well utilized by those that have, adding, “after the donation at the Central Hospital which is located at Oredo, we felt it is wise to extend the gesture to Ovia North East. And it will be extended to other local government areas in the state.

Receiving the equipment on behalf of the council, the Transition Committee Chairman Hon. Presly Ediagbonya remarked that he will ensure that the equipment are evenly distributed to all the wards in the council area, adding that they will be well utilized and protected.

While thanking the club for its kind gesture, Hon. Ediagbonya urged members of the club to continue to do more for their people at home, noting that they are the link between those at home and those in the Diaspora.
Present at the presentation ceremony were some members of the club, Mr. Taju Omoruyi and Mr. Henry Ojo Enabulele., as well as other administrative staff of the local government council.