Oil firm, Seplat Energy has announced the commencement and provision of free eye treatment and other healthcare services to 90 communities in Edo and Delta
The company’s incoming director of external affairs and sustainability, Mrs Chioma Afe, who announced this at this year’s, “Eye Can See,” programme which climaxed at the Oba of Benin palace in Benin City, added that 13 centres were designated to ensure that the communities within its operational areas are captured in the exercise.
She said the programme was designed to ensure provision of eyesight through operation of cataracts, free eyeglasses and lectures to teach people how to manage their health, including diabetes. Afe said Seplat Energy as a responsible corporate citizen, has through the programme which commenced in 2012, treated over 96,000 people in its operational areas.
Besides, Afe stated that the company has through the programme which is for all ages, carried out eye surgeries on 4,218 patients and given out 45, 000 free eyeglasses to others since the exercise began. In his remarks, Seplat new energy director, Mr Effiong Okon, disclosed that Edo remains one of the company’s strategic states in business, assuring that the health programme would be sustained as long as the business continues.
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