About 500 Nigerians have benefitted from the Nigerian Defence Academy (NDA) Medical Outreach to residents of Anchuna Sarki community in Zangon Kataf Local Government Area of Kaduna State, an event which was organized by the NDA Medical Center.
The free medical outreach, which forms part of activities around the ongoing Exercise Camp Highland for cadets of 65RC (Army) and 66RC (Navy and Air Force), saw a team of medical experts including doctors, dentists, opticians, nurses, laboratory scientists and other auxiliary medical personnel from the Academy provide free medical services, ranging from treatment to various medical problems.
These include eye sicknesses, dental issues and a host of other medical conditions to residents of Anchuna Sarki and environs.
Flagging Off the event, Commandant of the Nigerian Defence Academy, Major General Adeniyi Oyebade, noted that the event provides another view of military/civil relations, where the military provides much needed humanitarian services to the civilian population.
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General Oyebade noted that the event help broaden the minds of young cadets to fully appreciate the need to affect the lives of civilians around them when they are eventually commissioned as officers of the Nigerian Armed Forces.
In his address, the Agwom Ikulu of Ikulu Chiefdom, HRH Yohanah S Kukah, commended the Commandant and the entire staff and cadets of NDA on what he termed a historic event in the life of Ikulu Chiefdom.
He disclosed that the medical outreach has given members of his community a sense of belonging.
He further commended the armed forces for their tireless fight against insurgents and extremists in various parts of the country.
Following the outreach, the Academy also donated text books, treated mosquito nets and several items to members of the community.
Furthermore, the NDA Commandant, Major General Oyebade, while reacting to a request by the Agwom Ikulu for NDA to assist the community with the provision of clean source of water, made a solemn premise on behalf of the Academy to provide two boreholes for the community.
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