THE Stallion Circle Club of Epe has commended the federal and Lagos State governments for upgrading the Epe General Hospital to a Federal Medical Centre (FMC).
In a press release signed by its President, Alhaji Debo Abdulai and its General Secretary, Alhaji Nuhman Edu, the club noted that the upgrade will afford the indigenes and residents of Epe division access to a first class healthcare which the FMC is expected to be.
The club also noted that the Federal Medical Centre will not only be of benefit to people of the division but also to residents of neighbouring communities like Ijebu-Ode and Ikorodu.
The club also lauded the efforts of the Lagos State governor, Mr Babajide San-wo-Olu, Minister of State for Health and Social Wel-fare, Dr Tunji Alausa and the member representing Epe federal constituency, Hon-ourable Wale Raji in bringing the hospital into reality.
It particularly appreciated the fact that the Federal Medical Centre will have School of Nursing and a School dedicated to alternative medicine.
“It is worth noting that the accompanying School of Nursing (which begins admission next year) and the Federal College of Complementary and Alternative Medicine to be established in llara-igboye will enable our sons and daughters to enlarge their opportunities in different fields and also offering them a platform for employment,” the club noted.
While urging indigenes of Epe to make use of these opportunities, the Stallion Circle Club of Epe particularly thanked Dr Alausa, an Epe indigene, who used his office to facilitate the hospital for his people.
The club has, therefore, recommended to other indigenes of Epe who are in positions of influence to also facilitate things to the town to improve its social and economic standards.
The club enjoined the federal and state government to properly handle the transition processes of the staff of former Epe General Hospital who may wish to transfer their services to the Federal Government.
Meanwhile, the club also called the attention of the government to the deplorable electricity situation in Epe central which has been cut out of supply for many months.
The club said it may be counter-productive for the community which will start witnessing many more visitors due to the opportunities offered by the FMC, to be denied electricity.
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