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Kwara Speaker donates equipment, furniture to Cottage Hospital

The Speaker, Kwara State House of Assembly, Rt. Hon. Dr. Ali Ahmad in a bid to complement the state government efforts on the provision of qualitative healthcare delivery services on Tuesday commissioned Isale-Asa Cottage Hospital ?for the community's benefit and it's environs.

The hospital which falls within Ilorin South Constituency represented by the Speaker is equipped with necessary tools, facilities and furnished to meet the community's yearning.

Commissioning the health facility, Ahmad said any serious government must at all times be determined to prioritise the people’s welfare vis-a-vis provision of sound health care services.

He explained that equipping the hospital was an easy decision because according to him, it provides greater opportunity to further contribute towards the development of his constituency.

The Speaker, however expressed his belief that the health facility would totally eradicate ?the community's sufferings, especially regarding having access to quality health services.

Earlier in his address, the President of Isale Asa Development Association, Mr. Raji Tunde who appreciated the donor? stressed that the community would forever cherish the good gesture.

Tunde however called on the state government through the Ministry of Health not to hesitate to provide adequate personnel to man the facility for the benefit? of the people.

?Also speaking, a political stakeholder in Ilorin South, Alhaji Saka Ayinde Kutijifu commended the Speaker and admonished other political office holders in the area to emulate his good gestures.

Kutijifu emphasised that the donor had always prioritise the people's well-being, stating that the gesture did not come to them as a surprise due to his antecedents since venturing into politics.

'Pictures caption: The Speaker, Kwara State House of Assembly, Rt. Hon. Dr. Ali Ahmad cutting the tape to commission the newly established hospital while Commissioner for Health, Alhaji Sulaiman Atolagbe Alege and President of Isale Asa Development Association, Mr. Raji Tunde and others watch.'