Foundation partners to provide free surgeries for residents

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The Abia State government, in collaboration with the Nigerian National Petroleum Company Limited (NNPC) Foundation, has booked 477 patients for free cataract surgeries. The surgeries will commence with three children aged below ten years who were born with congenital blindness at selected hospitals in Umuahia and Aba.

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The State’s Health Commissioner, Prof. Enoch Uche, warned the citizenry against patronising unqualified medical personnel, expressing worry over the reported 50 million global cases of human blindness caused by cataracts. “We enjoin the people to always undergo necessary eye tests,” he said

The Managing Director of NNPC Foundation, Mrs Emmanuella Arukwe, said, “We are excited to be of help to people that had lost their sight and have sight challenges, with the hope that their lost sight would be restored or corrected.” She added that cataracts are preventable and that the foundation aims to support 1,000 beneficiaries in Abia State.

Arukwe explained that the free cataract extraction surgeries programme was started in January 2025 and would be extended to more zones. “Without sight, one can do nothing,” she emphasized.

The Administrator of Abia State Eye Health Management Bureau, Dr Betty Emeka-Obasi, commended the medical personnel involved in the exercise and disclosed that statewide publicity was undertaken to reach potential beneficiaries.

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