The Oyo government says it has presented additional 120 units of generators to Primary Healthcare Centres (PHCs) as part of its efforts to upgrade all the 351 centres in the state.

The state government had, on November 8, presented 97 units of electricity generators to some of the PHCs during the first phase of the exercise.

The symbolic presentation was held at the premises of the Oyo State Primary Healthcare Board, the state secretariat, Agodi, Ibadan.

At the presentation, Ademola Aderinto, the technical engineering lead of the PHCs Renovation Committee, said the delivery of the generators to the healthcare centres was part of Governor Seyi Makinde’s initiative to renovate/upgrade one PHC per ward.

According to Mr Aderinto, the project, which began in 2021, has resulted in over 200 newly renovated PHCs and many newly built PHCs.

“Today, 115 generators were delivered to the primary healthcare board for the primary healthcare centres in Oyo State by Lanocks Construction Company.

“This is the second batch of generators to be delivered; the first batch was delivered about a month ago, bringing the total number of generators delivered to the PHCs, during this initiative so far to 219,” he said.

Mr Aderinto said the project was “initiated by the State Governor’s Office, in collaboration with the Oyo State Primary Health Care Board and the Oyo State Ministry of Health”.

He said that part of the project’s goal was to deliver generators for electricity supply to all the newly renovated centres and to sink boreholes to ensure a steady water supply.

Mr Aderinto lauded the Special Adviser to the Governor on Health, Funmi Salami, also the project lead and chairperson of the renovation committee.

In his remarks, Muideen Olatunji, the executive secretary, Oyo State Primary Healthcare Board, said the aim was to make healthcare available to all residents in the state.

(NAN)