No fewer than 406 persons suffering from various eye ailments have so far been treated in Sabon Birni and Isa local government Areas of Sokoto State under the free eye care programme of Senator Aliyu Magatakarda Wamakkko, representing Sokoto North Senatorial District.
The Director of Administration for the Senator, Alhaji Al-Mustapha Alkali, who disclosed this said 181 and 225 persons were treated in Sabon-Birni and Isa local governments respectively, in the first two days after the exercise was flagged-off on Thursday.
The programme targets 3,150 persons suffering from various eye ailments, in nineteen local governments across the three Senatorial Districts of the state.
The free medical outreach was being conducted by Dr Emmanuel Aghalu and and Dr John Uzomah, who are Optometrists working for Dr. (Mrs) Awawu Obasi Eye Foundation .
The areas of treatment includes refractive errors, with eye glasses, infections like conjunctivitis, as well as uveitis.
Senator Wamakko, who was represented by his Director of Administration, Alhaji Al-Mustapha Alkali at the flag-off explained that the gesture was aimed at alleviating the sufferings of the indigent people of the state.
