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From Fred Itua, Abuja
No fewer than 3,000 residents of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Abuja, have benefited from a comprehensive free medical outreach organised by the Ti’Bilon Healthcare Foundation in collaboration with the Anchor Men’s Fellowship of Family Worship Centre (FWC), Wuye, across six locations in the nation’s capital.
The outreach, which was held at the weekend, took place simultaneously in six different zones where the church operates, including Gwagwalada, Wuye, Nyanya, Kubwa, Karu and Lugbe in the nation’s Abuja.
The initiative is aimed at providing basic healthcare services to residents while also supporting the church’s evangelism and community-impact initiatives.
The medical services include vital signs checks, medical consultations, eye care, dental services, cardiovascular tests, drug dispensing and referrals for cases requiring specialised treatment.
The Programme Director of Ti’Bilon Healthcare Foundation, Olugbenga Falusi, who represented the Chief Executive Officer of Ti’Bilon Construction Ltd., Dr. Toochukwu Nnamoko, said the initiative was part of the foundation’s core mandate of strengthening Nigeria’s healthcare system and ensuring access to quality and affordable healthcare services for people in underserved communities.
Falusi said the outreach would provide beneficiaries with free medical consultations, blood pressure and blood sugar checks, eye examinations, eyeglasses and essential medications at no cost.
He explained that the partnership with the church and its men’s fellowship was designed to ensure that the foundation’s healthcare interventions reached a larger number of people.
“We need to partner and collaborate with organisations that can get the people for us because they have the numbers. Our working together enables us to achieve our goal, which is in line with the World Health Organisation’s objective of health for all,” he said.
Falusi disclosed that the foundation attended to more than 5,000 patients through its medical outreach programme in the previous year, adding that it also conducts similar interventions with other organisations on a monthly basis.
He said the foundation had, over the past two to three years, extended its services to several communities, including Kwali Area Council and different parts of Abuja.
The Programme Director called on the government to recognise that it was not alone in the effort to provide quality healthcare to Nigerians, stressing that non-governmental organisations and foundations were ready to complement the government’s efforts.
“We want the government to know that they are not alone in helping Nigerians get quality access to healthcare. We are here to support them and strengthen the healthcare system as a whole,” Falusi said.
He also appealed to national and international donors, development partners and other stakeholders to support the foundation’s healthcare interventions, particularly in reaching communities where access to healthcare remains limited.
“We cannot do it alone. We need donors and partners to support and strengthen us to go to places they might never get to, but we can get there,” he said.
Also speaking during the exercise, Chairman of the ANCOR 2026 Planning Committee, Ambassador Elijah Onyeagba, said the initiative was part of the church’s efforts to give back to the communities where it operates.
Elijah said the Wuye centre was expecting close to 3,000 beneficiaries, while the combined outreach across the various locations was expected to treat between 10,000 and 15,000 people.
He explained that the medical services included vital signs checks, medical consultations, eye care, dental services, drug dispensing and referrals for cases requiring specialised treatment.
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“People that need basic medical checks within this district will come in today and have those medical checks,” he said, adding that some beneficiaries with eye problems would receive glasses, while those with dental conditions could receive scaling and other basic treatments.
According to him, the outreach also had provisions for food distribution, counselling and prayers, as the organisers sought to address the physical, social and spiritual needs of beneficiaries.
He said the programme was not restricted to members of Family Worship Centre, stressing that Christians and non-Christians, as well as church members and non-members, were welcome.
“Today we’re having this outreach, and we are open to everybody. Christian and non-Christian alike. Church members and non-church members alike. Matter of fact, we expect more non-church members to come,” he said.
Elijah said the ultimate objective of the exercise was to make a positive impact on the surrounding communities while also introducing beneficiaries to the Christian faith.
“Some come because they are hungry, some come because they are truly sick, some come because they are spiritually sick as well. There are multiple dimensions of challenges that people have, but what we try to do is to assist and contribute and give back to society,” he said.
On the role of government in healthcare delivery, Elijah said there was a need for continuous improvement in Nigeria’s healthcare system but noted that the outreach should not be viewed as a substitute for government responsibility.
He described the initiative as part of the church’s corporate social responsibility and called on individuals, churches, businesses and non-governmental organisations to support efforts aimed at improving the welfare of Nigerians.
“The government’s resources are quite limited. The country has over 200 million persons. Problems are infinite, but resources are finite,” he said.
He urged more well-meaning Nigerians and corporate organisations to find ways of giving back to society, saying collective efforts would complement government interventions and contribute to a better Nigeria.
The outreach, according to the organisers, was expected to continue throughout the day, with medical personnel, volunteers, ministers and counsellors attending to beneficiaries at the various locations.
He described the initiative as the church’s way of making its presence felt beyond its physical structures and strengthening its relationship with surrounding communities.
One of the beneficiaries, Prisca Nwemo, commended Ti’Bilon Healthcare Foundation and Family Worship Centre for providing accessible healthcare services and medications to members of the community.
Prisca, who attended the outreach with her mother, said she was impressed by the prompt and efficient attention she received from the medical team.
According to her, she initially visited the outreach centre to seek treatment for an allergy but was later informed that her blood pressure was high after undergoing medical checks.
“My experience today has been awesome. I came here with my mum and we were promptly attended to. I came because of an allergy, but when they checked my blood pressure, they discovered that it was high and gave me medication for it,” she said.
She described the entire process as smooth and expressed gratitude to God for the initiative
