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He was born Olusegun Rahman Mimiko. He took up a caring profession and
became a medical doctor. Overtime however, the Ondo State Governor acquired
a new name which came about as a result of his continued manifestation of
what fills his belly towards the common man, his caring nature, which became
manifest and he was soon to wear the new toga of a Caring Heart.
A caring heart indeed, Governor Mimiko has overtime demonstrated his care for
the governed in his state of service and he is not weary yet.
Most of the Governor’s projects are no doubt care driven, hence, his being
referred to as a caring heart Governor. Three years on, the man whose political
name is Iroko has not given up giving to the people of his state from his
overflowing heart of care.
The latest in Mr Governor’s heart of care is the provision and distribution of
about 50 Ambulance-Tricyle for the state’s Abiye project.
Under the Abiye, otherwise known as the safe motherhood project, Governor
Mimiko has been able to reduce drastically, maternal rate in the state. In fact,
Ondo State has been identified by the World Bank as a model for the Africa
Continent in the care for expectant women and provision of medical facilities to
curb the high mortality rate the state was noted for before the advent of the
Mimiko government.
Under the safe motherhood programme which has as one of its components,
the now globally acclaimed Mother and Child hospital, expectant women are
registered, treated and looked after for about two months after delivery for free.
At the point of registration, each pregnant woman is given a telephone to enable
her relate with her physician at will. This will enable any ailing expectant woman
contact her physician before her condition goes out of hand.
It was however discovered that it takes longer than necessary for the women in
the rural areas to get to the main Mother and Child hospital after they must
have developed some ailments or a form of complication. As a result of this,
government spend more money on such patient, whereas, little expenses would
have been required had such patient able to get medical attention well on time.
It was in view of this that Mimiko acquired and commissioned a 50 Ambulance-
on-Tricycle to be stationed at the villages and communities to administer first
aide treatment on patients before they could access the major medical
attention.
At the commissioning recently of the new acquisition, the Governor remarked
that the Safe motherhood programme has drastically reduced maternal and
child death in the state. At the event, which can also double as the rare
celebration of the gains of the safe motherhood programme, the Governor
mentioned that the Abiye Safe Motherhood project has scaled up Ondo State
in the reduction of maternal deaths by 15 per cent and child deaths by 26 per
cent respectively within three years.
The state was rated by the Nigeria Demographic and Health Survey in 2008 as
having the worst maternal and child health statistics in the South Western
Nigeria.
Already, the World Bank has asserted that the Abiye project is presently the
benchmark for maternal and child health for the whole of Africa and the
developing world.
Mimiko mentioned at the celebration that “with the continuation of this trend,
facility data will show that Ondo State would have achieved MDG 4 and 5
mandating such reduction rates by 33 and 75 per cent respectively by 2015.
The state government, he disclosed, is investing in the assemblage of
Ambulance-on-Tricycles to be deployed in phases to every community in the
state as intervention strategy to counter four phases of delay predisposing to
maternal and child health.
According to him, more of the Tricycles will be assembled and deployed to
every ward to ensure that immunization gets to all nooks and crannies of the
state.
“Each vehicle, to be fitted with delivery and first aid kits, cold chain boxes to
offer a wide range of clinical services, will be attached to a health ranger to
transport or evacuate patients in need of care from the community to the
appropriate facility.
The governor commissioned 50 of the tricycles at the occasion and later
inaugurated the second phase of the Mother and Child Hospital.
He said at the ceremony that “Almost 11, 000 babies have been safely delivered
at the Mother and Child Hospital, Akure and Abiye centres, out of which more
than 1, 500 were by caesarean section. The hospital now ranks as one of the
busiest maternity centres in Nigeria as it records about 20 deliveries daily.
“It has evolved into the only tertiary facility in Nigeria offering free services to
pregnant women and children irrespective of ethnicity, social status or place of
residence” the governor explained.
On the project’s sustenance and replication, Mimiko told the gathering that
activities are in top gear to scale up Abiye Safe Motherhood to the remaining 17
local government areas of the state.
He implored those who preferred to deliver in traditional homes and mission
houses run by unskilled birth attendants to switch over to hospitals operated by
trained health care professionals for safety of lives.
These gestures could only have come from a caring heart which has also been
receiving the merited acclaim for its overflowing of goodness.
Apart from these gestures which have made the women folk in the state vow to
ensure the Governor gets elected for a second term, his praise was also on the
lips of the participant and officials at the recently held Society of Gynaecology
and Obstetrics of Nigeria (SOGON) ‘s Maternal Death Review Training held in
Abuja.
At the international gathering, Mimiko was applauded by the World Bank for his
initiatives and vigorous drive at actualising the United Nation’s Millennium
Development Goal targeting drastic reduction in maternal deaths.
He was particularly applauded for his total commitment to the cause as well as
his unequalled campaign against maternal deaths.
The governor was praised for the various machineries put in place at ensuring
that maternal deaths are reduced to the barest minimum in Ondo state in line
with the Millennium Development Goal.
World Bank Country Director for Nigeria, Marie Francoise Marie- Nelly also
praised the Governor. While commending Mimiko, Nelly said, reforms being put
in place by the state governor at combating the astronomical rise in maternal
deaths signal improved care which has resulted in the rolling out of bold
healthcare reforms that focus on results at public health facilities.
Nigeria accounts for 10percent of maternal deaths despite contributing only 2
percent to world population. The desire of Mimiko to reduce the death
percentage was what brought about the move towards the direction of the
Ambulance Tricycle, which most residents have adjudged as a noble move.
According to the State’s Commissioner for Information, Mr Kayode Akinmade,
the efforts of the government in ensuring safe delivery of expectant women in
the state is as a result of Governor Mimiko’s belief that pregnancy will never be
death sentence for any woman in the state, adding that that the modest
intervention of the government in health delivery has attracted accolades from
both local and international organisation like the World Bank SOGON among
many other bodies.
The Commissioner vowed that the government would meet the MDG’S 2015
projection on mortality rate because the government is committed to the goal.
became a medical doctor. Overtime however, the Ondo State Governor acquired
a new name which came about as a result of his continued manifestation of
what fills his belly towards the common man, his caring nature, which became
manifest and he was soon to wear the new toga of a Caring Heart.
A caring heart indeed, Governor Mimiko has overtime demonstrated his care for
the governed in his state of service and he is not weary yet.
Most of the Governor’s projects are no doubt care driven, hence, his being
referred to as a caring heart Governor. Three years on, the man whose political
name is Iroko has not given up giving to the people of his state from his
overflowing heart of care.
The latest in Mr Governor’s heart of care is the provision and distribution of
about 50 Ambulance-Tricyle for the state’s Abiye project.
Under the Abiye, otherwise known as the safe motherhood project, Governor
Mimiko has been able to reduce drastically, maternal rate in the state. In fact,
Ondo State has been identified by the World Bank as a model for the Africa
Continent in the care for expectant women and provision of medical facilities to
curb the high mortality rate the state was noted for before the advent of the
Mimiko government.
Under the safe motherhood programme which has as one of its components,
the now globally acclaimed Mother and Child hospital, expectant women are
registered, treated and looked after for about two months after delivery for free.
At the point of registration, each pregnant woman is given a telephone to enable
her relate with her physician at will. This will enable any ailing expectant woman
contact her physician before her condition goes out of hand.
It was however discovered that it takes longer than necessary for the women in
the rural areas to get to the main Mother and Child hospital after they must
have developed some ailments or a form of complication. As a result of this,
government spend more money on such patient, whereas, little expenses would
have been required had such patient able to get medical attention well on time.
It was in view of this that Mimiko acquired and commissioned a 50 Ambulance-
on-Tricycle to be stationed at the villages and communities to administer first
aide treatment on patients before they could access the major medical
attention.
At the commissioning recently of the new acquisition, the Governor remarked
that the Safe motherhood programme has drastically reduced maternal and
child death in the state. At the event, which can also double as the rare
celebration of the gains of the safe motherhood programme, the Governor
mentioned that the Abiye Safe Motherhood project has scaled up Ondo State
in the reduction of maternal deaths by 15 per cent and child deaths by 26 per
cent respectively within three years.
The state was rated by the Nigeria Demographic and Health Survey in 2008 as
having the worst maternal and child health statistics in the South Western
Nigeria.
Already, the World Bank has asserted that the Abiye project is presently the
benchmark for maternal and child health for the whole of Africa and the
developing world.
Mimiko mentioned at the celebration that “with the continuation of this trend,
facility data will show that Ondo State would have achieved MDG 4 and 5
mandating such reduction rates by 33 and 75 per cent respectively by 2015.
The state government, he disclosed, is investing in the assemblage of
Ambulance-on-Tricycles to be deployed in phases to every community in the
state as intervention strategy to counter four phases of delay predisposing to
maternal and child health.
According to him, more of the Tricycles will be assembled and deployed to
every ward to ensure that immunization gets to all nooks and crannies of the
state.
“Each vehicle, to be fitted with delivery and first aid kits, cold chain boxes to
offer a wide range of clinical services, will be attached to a health ranger to
transport or evacuate patients in need of care from the community to the
appropriate facility.
The governor commissioned 50 of the tricycles at the occasion and later
inaugurated the second phase of the Mother and Child Hospital.
He said at the ceremony that “Almost 11, 000 babies have been safely delivered
at the Mother and Child Hospital, Akure and Abiye centres, out of which more
than 1, 500 were by caesarean section. The hospital now ranks as one of the
busiest maternity centres in Nigeria as it records about 20 deliveries daily.
“It has evolved into the only tertiary facility in Nigeria offering free services to
pregnant women and children irrespective of ethnicity, social status or place of
residence” the governor explained.
On the project’s sustenance and replication, Mimiko told the gathering that
activities are in top gear to scale up Abiye Safe Motherhood to the remaining 17
local government areas of the state.
He implored those who preferred to deliver in traditional homes and mission
houses run by unskilled birth attendants to switch over to hospitals operated by
trained health care professionals for safety of lives.
These gestures could only have come from a caring heart which has also been
receiving the merited acclaim for its overflowing of goodness.
Apart from these gestures which have made the women folk in the state vow to
ensure the Governor gets elected for a second term, his praise was also on the
lips of the participant and officials at the recently held Society of Gynaecology
and Obstetrics of Nigeria (SOGON) ‘s Maternal Death Review Training held in
Abuja.
At the international gathering, Mimiko was applauded by the World Bank for his
initiatives and vigorous drive at actualising the United Nation’s Millennium
Development Goal targeting drastic reduction in maternal deaths.
He was particularly applauded for his total commitment to the cause as well as
his unequalled campaign against maternal deaths.
The governor was praised for the various machineries put in place at ensuring
that maternal deaths are reduced to the barest minimum in Ondo state in line
with the Millennium Development Goal.
World Bank Country Director for Nigeria, Marie Francoise Marie- Nelly also
praised the Governor. While commending Mimiko, Nelly said, reforms being put
in place by the state governor at combating the astronomical rise in maternal
deaths signal improved care which has resulted in the rolling out of bold
healthcare reforms that focus on results at public health facilities.
Nigeria accounts for 10percent of maternal deaths despite contributing only 2
percent to world population. The desire of Mimiko to reduce the death
percentage was what brought about the move towards the direction of the
Ambulance Tricycle, which most residents have adjudged as a noble move.
According to the State’s Commissioner for Information, Mr Kayode Akinmade,
the efforts of the government in ensuring safe delivery of expectant women in
the state is as a result of Governor Mimiko’s belief that pregnancy will never be
death sentence for any woman in the state, adding that that the modest
intervention of the government in health delivery has attracted accolades from
both local and international organisation like the World Bank SOGON among
many other bodies.
The Commissioner vowed that the government would meet the MDG’S 2015
projection on mortality rate because the government is committed to the goal.
Mimiko’s Ambulance-On–Tricycle: New Dawn For
Ondo Pregnant Women
Ondo Pregnant Women
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