Bankole Taiwo, Abeokuta
Ogun State governor, Prince Dapo Abiodun , on Tuesday, disclosed that his administration met five functional ambulances serving the entire state when it assumed office on May 29, 2019.
Abiodun, who declared that his administration places high premium and value on the Health and Emergency Response as an important sector in the state, said 12 additional ambulances had since been bought by his government.
According to him, his administration is aiming at making at least an ambulance available in each of the 26 state constituencies.
The governor who made this known when he received the Governing Board of the National Youth Service Scheme Governing Board(NYSC), led by its Chairman, Ambassador Fatima Balla Abubakar in his Oke Mosan, Abeokuta office, said plans were also underway to grow the number of ambulances in the state to over thirty from the initial five he met on ground.
Abiodun added that the state government recently launched its 24 hours ambulance response service across the state, noting the service would avail the people of the state the opportunity to call the emergency number and get emergency responses on time.
Abiodun, while commending the scheme for ensuring national cohesion and for exposing youths in the country to the diversity of the country, noted that the scheme had helped students in interacting with their fellow students from other parts of the country.
He said that his administration would continue to support the scheme as well as ensure that the welfare of the corps members is looked into in the state, adding he had directed all Ministries, Departments and Agencies (MDAs) in the state to accommodate every corps member posted to their agencies.
Abiodun who expressed the readiness of his administration to support the State Coordinating Office of the National Youth Service Corps in its quest to venture into agriculture, added that his administration would support them with lands, as well as ensure that more agricpreneurs are raised through the agric project.
Earlier in her remarks,the Chairman, Governing Board of the National Youth Service Scheme, Ambassador Fatima Balla Abubakar, commended the Ogun State Government for making the NYSC Orientation Camp in the state the best in the country.
She noted that since it came on board, Dapo Abiodun-led administration had shown hundred percent commitment towards the success of the scheme in the state through the restoration of electricity to the NYSC State Secretariat after years of neglect, as well as the constant rehabilitation of the camp.