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Customs officers’ wives donate mosquito nets, bedsheets to Ogun hospitals

COWA also donated mosquito nets and customised bed sheets to the Idiroko Medical Centre.

• September 24, 2025
Customs Officers’ Wives Association
Customs Officers’ Wives Association (credit: New Telegraph)

The Customs Officers’ Wives Association (COWA), Ogun I Command Chapter, Idiroko, has donated mosquito nets and 50 pieces of bed sheets to general hospitals and medical centers in Idiroko.

The command’s public relation officer, Zakari Chado, stated this in a statement on Wednesday in Sango-Ota.

According to the statement, the initiative was part of the COWA’s corporate social responsibility (CSR) to give back to the society.

Mr Chado said that chairman of COWA, Fausat Otunla, was received by the Chief Medical Director, Kilanko Margaret, the chief matron and other members of staff, who took the visitors on a tour of the hospital.

He stated, “The visitors were taken on a guided tour of the hospital wards where patients and pregnant women attending antenatal clinics were presented with mosquito nets. In addition, the association also donated 50 pieces of bed sheets to the hospital.”

Speaking on behalf of the hospital management, the CMD expressed gratitude for the benevolence of COWA, adding that the donations would go a long way in improving patients’ welfare.

She assured the association of the hospital’s readiness to extend medical outreach to COWA members and their spouses.

Sodiq Ola, who spoke on behalf of pregnant women, thanked COWA for the gifts and offered prayers for the continued success and well-being of the association.

In a similar gesture at the Customs Medical Center, Idiroko, COWA also donated mosquito nets and customised bed sheets.

The items were received with great appreciation by the superintendent of customs (SC), Abdulmalik Zakariyyah, on behalf of the medical staff, who conveyed their appreciation to the association for impactful support.

While speaking during the exercise, Ms Otunla emphasised that the initiative was part of COWA’s commitment to community development and the well-being of families within and around Idiroko.

She reiterated the association’s resolve to continually support health institutions and enhance the living conditions of the people.

“This CSR activity underscores the compassionate vision of COWA and its contribution to the health and welfare of communities,” she said. 

(NAN)

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