Residents of Agbabiaka and five neighbouring communities in Ilorin, Kwara State, received free medical care on Saturday as the Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC), Kwara State Command, intensified its humanitarian outreach through a community-based healthcare programme.

The free medical outreach, organised by the command’s Medical Unit, benefited residents of Agbabiaka, Araromi Phase One, Araromi Phase Two, Ifeoluwa Community, Gaa Ajananku Community and Orisunbare Community.

Beneficiaries were offered free medical consultations, blood pressure and blood sugar tests, health education, medical counselling and essential medications. The exercise focused particularly on elderly residents, women, children and other vulnerable members of the communities.

Speaking on the initiative, the Kwara State Commandant of the NSCDC, Commandant Abbas Nda Mohammed, said the outreach was part of efforts to strengthen the Corps’ humanitarian services in line with the directive of the Commandant General, Prof. Ahmed Abubakar Audi.

According to him, “The medical outreach was organised in line with the directive of the Commandant General of the NSCDC, Prof. Ahmed Abubakar Audi, to strengthen humanitarian service delivery and community engagement across the country.”

He added that the Corps remains committed to complementing its core mandate of protecting critical national assets and infrastructure with initiatives that improve the welfare of citizens.

“The NSCDC remains committed not only to the protection of critical national assets and infrastructure but also to improving the health, safety and well-being of citizens through impactful humanitarian and community engagement initiatives,” Mohammed said.

Residents who benefited from the exercise commended the NSCDC for taking healthcare services directly to their communities, describing the intervention as timely, especially for people who struggle to access or afford medical treatment.

They appealed to the Corps to sustain the initiative by extending similar medical outreaches to more communities across the state.