The Federal Government has approved and released N2.1 billion to the Obafemi Awolowo University Teaching Hospitals Complex (OAUTHC), Ile-Ife, Osun State, to strengthen its renal treatment programme and improve access to affordable kidney care.
The Chief Medical Director (CMD) of OAUTHC, Professor John Okeniyi, disclosed this on Thursday during activities marking the hospital’s 50th anniversary.
Okeniyi explained that the funding, provided under President Bola Tinubu’s Renewed Hope Agenda, would facilitate the revival of the hospital’s renal replacement programme, making dialysis and other specialised kidney treatments more accessible to patients.
He expressed appreciation to the President for the intervention, expressing optimism that the funding would restore the hospital’s capacity to provide essential renal services.
“I thank the President because we have up to N2.1 billion appropriated for our renal programme. By the time we do this and get the money, I believe the renal replacement programme is back. That is part of the Renewed Hope Agenda,” he said.
Also speaking at the event, former National Secretary of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Senator Iyiola Omisore, commended President Tinubu for the financial intervention, describing it as a welcome development for Nigeria’s healthcare sector.
Omisore, however, called for sustained government and stakeholder support for the health sector, stressing that access to quality healthcare remained fundamental to human existence.
“Health is essential to life. That is why I consider this development by President Bola Tinubu’s administration as laudable,” he said.
Similarly, Seyi Tinubu, represented by the Chairman of the Tinubu/Shettima Grassroots Mobilisation, Lawal Umar, emphasised the need to measure healthcare achievements by their direct impact on ordinary Nigerians.
He maintained that the success of healthcare policies should go beyond government announcements, infrastructure and policy formulation to include affordability, accessibility to medical services, availability of medicines and patients’ recovery.
Umar stressed that the ultimate objective of healthcare interventions should be to ensure that Nigerians can obtain quality medical attention without facing unnecessary financial and other barriers.
The Federal Government’s N2.1 billion intervention is expected to provide a significant boost to renal care delivery at OAUTHC as the institution marks five decades of service in Nigeria’s healthcare sector.
