By Dipo Olowookere
Leading electricity distribution company in Nigeria, Ikeja Electric Plc, recently brightened the spirits of patients at the Ikorodu General Hospital in Lagos.
The company took its team to the medical facility to donate an ultramodern phototherapy machine and clinical supplies as part of its CSR activities towards improvement of healthcare.
Ikeja Electric team comprising staff from the headquarters in Ikeja and Ikorodu Business Unit presented the items to management of the hospital at the children’s ward.
According to the company’s Chief Commercial Officer (CCO), Mrs Enobong Ezekiel, “Ikeja Electric is a customer centric organization and it means that we are also committed to ensuring that we make impact on communities where we operate; that is why we are here.”
She said, “Today is significant to us too, as the entire world is celebrating love. For us at Ikeja Electric, our theme this year is ‘Clean Love.’ So, we are celebrating pure love and saying ‘no to drugs’, as well.”
“Being here today is motivated by love. And to donate the phototherapy equipment and clinical items to the Paediatric Unit is something significant that will add value to what already exist in the hospital.
“Ikeja Electric has also come to appreciate the management and staff for providing healthcare services to the neighbourhood and residents of Ikorodu town. We love the fact that you are our customer. And we have come to do our community service,” she added.
Speaking on the PCSR initiatives, the Head of Corporate Communications at Ikeja Electric, Mr Felix Ofulue, said, “As a business, we are very passionate about giving back to the society in which we operate. A lot of people know us as power distribution company, but beyond that there are many other things we do.”
“One of them is CSR, which is predicated on three pillars – education, empowerment and health. This is one of the interventions for us to give back to the society. The selection of today is very deliberate because it is a day when love is expressed all over the world and we felt that this is another way of demonstrating love especially to children in Ikorodu,” he explained.
In her remarks, the Medical Director of the General Hospital Ikorodu, Dr Olufunmilayo Bankole, said, “Ikeja Electric today gave us a donation of a phototherapy machine. As a hospital we are really elated to receive them, we are very happy that we have other organizations who like to partner with government to make healthcare service in Lagos State much better than it is currently.”
“That phototherapy machine given us today is going to serve a lot of children in treating Jaundice. And we believe that if we are able to treat more people, we will be able to have a better health in our population in Lagos State. This phototherapy machine is going to go a long way in making a difference in the lives of these children.
“We want to say congratulations to Ikeja Electric. This is a noble cause. We know if they continue to do this as well as other agencies or individuals, who would like to partner with government to improve healthcare services in Lagos state, we will really welcome them to Ikorodu General Hospital,” she added.
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