The Lagos State Government has asked residents to stop paying for birth certificates, saying any state official who demanded money should be reported for disciplinary actions.
The health centre was renovated and equipped by the Embassy of Japan in partnership with a non-governmental organisation, Street-to-School Initiative.
Lawal, who was represented on the occasion by the Director of Medical Services and Disease Control, Dr Eniola Erinosho, commended the embassy and the NGO for supporting government’s drive to improve access to quality health care.
The Baale of Oke Abiye Town, Nojeeb Ajolojuota, asked that doctors be deployed in the health centre and a house built for them so they could operate 24/7.
The founder of the Street-to-School Initiative, Oluwatosin Olowoyeye-Taiwo, said the death of a pupil and a parent over poor health care informed her decision to seek interventions.
She noted that the centre was her second project in the area. Punch