About 2,000 people in Aboh Kingdom in the Ndokwa East Local Government Area of Delta State have benefited from a free and intensive medical intervention flagged off by the Gregory Oputa International Foundation.

President of the Foundation, Dr. Gregory Oputa, said the gesture was to reduce the financial burden of most families and to ensure healthy living.

Oputa said: “Nigeria, Africa is my home, and when I look at the impoverishment of our people, this is the third series we have done of this medical outreach because a lot of people just slump and die not knowing exactly what is wrong with them. We also have x-ray machines there to detect whatever is wrong either what is negative with their bodies, and above all to see that they are properly treated. So my zeal for this is just passion and nothing more.

“In our country today, the health sub-sector that is very functional is the private, which is not affordable by these downtrodden people that don’t have enough resources to go, and as such they are kept in limbo.

“So with this, we are doing we make it comprehensive every year to make sure all kinds of ailments and diseases are being checked and treated; minor surgeries are also performed in the course of this medical outreach. We started doing this in 2022, this is the third series like I said before.

“In 2022, we reached out to over 1000 people, in 2023 it was over 1,400, and in 2024, hopefully in these three days, we should be able to meet up with over 2,000 people. People are sick and not feeling fine, there is no money to go for any medical care, so, it is an opportunity for them.

“We have a well-qualified medical team on the ground doing the treatment, including those who are radiographers that deal with x-ray issues to detect any internal injury. We have three medical doctors and eight nurses, and they can serve the people.

“I also want to take this to a higher level, where I have to bring doctors from the United States of America, USA, to take care of the people.

“We have started in my hometown, Aboh because charity begins at home including other communities in the Aboh environs.

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“I cannot see my people impoverished in their body and keep sending money for their health, I decided to embark on the medical intervention to save a lot of people in terms of health.”

However, he called on well-spirited Nigerians to join hands to intervene in the health challenges of Nigerians, “I wish that a lot of meaningful Nigerians with enough capacity financially to this in their communities, especially, communities that there are no hospitals or medical interest.

“Once people have the vision and capacity to do this can do more than 100 times of what I have been doing for a while. But the issue is have they been caught up with that mentality?”, he posited.

“A lot of people in the community have been reached with free and quality education by granting various scholarships to the children and youth and also establishing Acro Memorial Nursery and Primary School in Aboh Community,” he said.

“I have a school named after my late father, Acro Memorial Nursery and Primary School, Aboh, which was established in 2023, and it is free education, and when I say free education, I mean we give the pupils free exercise and textbooks, uniforms, sandals, tuition, and buses, and we are working to have a secondary school towards the end of 2024.

“Before this, I have been given scholarships to these children for over five years in various levels before we started the school.

“I have also reached out to all levels of people; children, youth, women, widows, widowers, and the elderly, and we have been taking care of them, and it is a thing of joy and privilege for us to do these things for a lifetime,” he said.

He also disclosed that the people in the community will soon have access to free meals on daily basis amid high food prices as a way to cushion the impact on the people.

“With the high food prices, we are putting things in place and that would be very soon. We are putting in place, where we are going to have a cafeteria, at least, once a day, where people will go and eat free of charge, and they are sure of one square meal a day.

“Also, I have created a lot of job opportunities for the people in the community with some investments I have”, he added.

The lead of the medical outreach, Dr. Alaowei Maxwell Nduku, led other medical personnel to sensitize and administer treatment to people with different kinds of diseases affecting their health.

“The medical outreach is courtesy of the Founder and President, of Gregory Oputa International Foundation, Dr Greg Oputa, and it is to add value to the life and health of the indigent who cannot afford expensive medical treatments.

“We are carrying out different kinds of medical tests to diagnose the health challenges they have, and also to carry out minor surgeries including giving them drugs.

“I want to say that this treatment is absolutely free of charge, and it will continue till three days. This is a great gesture from the President of the Foundation, Dr Gregory Oputa to his people, which he has sustained for many years,” Nduku stated.

A beneficiary, Margret Olise, said the medical intervention came at the right time it is difficult to afford quality healthcare services due to the harsh and hard economic situation that had made it practically impossible to access healthcare services.

“I am a beneficiary of the free medical outreach by Prince Dr Gregory Oputa, who has thought it wise to bring free and quality medical treatment to the people of Aboh and other communities, and this has really changed the narrative here in Aboh, and I say thank you to him (Oputa),” Olise said.