Yemi Obafemi
Osun State Governor Ademola Adeleke has emerged 2024 Governor of the Year in the Health Sector by New Telegraph Newspaper.
This recognition is a testament to his administration’s outstanding contributions to healthcare development in Osun State.
This was disclosed in a letter addressed to the governor and signed by Ayodele Aminu, the managing director and Editor-in-Chief of the Daily Telegraph Publishing Company Limited, publishers of New Telegraph, Saturday Telegraph and Sunday Telegraph Newspapers.
According to Mallam Olawale Rasheed, spokesperson to Governor Ademola Adeleke, the governor’s nomination for the 2024 Governor of the Year award in the health sector was recommended by the Board of Editors and a panel of judges from the New Telegraph Newspaper.
The letter reads, “We have closely followed your very impressive strides in the Health Sector since you assumed office as Governor of Osun State.
“In arriving at our decision, we specifically noted the following: Rehabilitation of 345 Health Centres in the 332 Wards in Osun State; provision of potable water, new toilets and bathrooms, renovation and painting of buildings and electricity.
“Introduction of Imole Surgical and Medical Outreach, under which the state government has conducted three medical outreaches in three locations in each of the three Senatorial districts in the last 12 months; various surgical procedures, including cataract eye surgeries, were done on over 30,000 patients; enrolled thousands of Osun residents under Osun’ Health Insurance Scheme.
“These and many more earned Osun State the South-West Champion Award in Primary Healthcare (Universal Health Coverage) with a $500,000 cash award in December 2024.”
The statement further revealed that the award ceremony, where Governor Ademola Adeleke will formally receive the 2024 Governor of the Year award, is scheduled to take place at a later date.
