Niger Health: NAF Extends Free Medical Outreach To 500 Indigents

The Chief of Air Staff, Air Marshal Hassan Abubakar, has provided free medical care and insecticide-treated mosquito nets to pregnant women in commemoration of her 60th anniversary in Niger State.

Over 500 indigents from the Maikunkele community are targeted to benefit from the outreach.

Besides working in the front line of the battle against insecurity in some parts of Niger State North-Central Nigeria, the Nigerian Air Force is also striving to keep healthy civil-military relations with communities hosting their formation across the country.

This time around, the chief of air staff medical outreach is targeting 500 people, particularly women and children in the Maikunkele community which hosts the Air Force 013 Quick Response Force.

The representative of the commander, 013 Quick Response Force Air Commodore Solomon Lazarus, said the event is in commemoration of the 60th anniversary of the force.

The district head of Maikunkele Community, Sulaiman Dada, said they are appreciative of the security cover the force provides to the community, and said the outreach was not only timely but targeted at common illnesses in the community.

Although an on-off intervention, this medical outreach will save these indigent persons from incurring medical bills, which can be diverted to other household needs.