Navy's medical outreach has symbiotic benefits — Naval commander

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Navy
By Edeki Igafe
Warri (Delta), March 27, 2017 (NAN) Commodore Ibrahim Dewu, Commander, Nigerian Navy Ship (NNS) DELTA has said that the ongoing medical outreach programme of the Nigerian Navy was achieving its purpose.
Speaking with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Monday in Warri, the commander said that both the Navy and the communities were benefiting immensely from the programme.
“It has mutual benefits, the communities benefit by way of getting medical services, treatment and awareness from us, while we also benefit by getting useful information from the people,” he said.
Dewu said the medical outreach, tagged “Rhapsody” was an initiative of the Chief of Naval Staff (CNS), as a corporate social responsibility to their host communities.
“The mandate of the Navy is not only to provide security but to also help the communities we are protecting both on water and on the land.
“We have been moving from one community to the other, providing medical services and sensitising the people on the danger inherent in criminal activities.
“Of course, I must tell you that the programme has been helpful, it is a two-way thing,” he said.
The Naval commander urged people to always furnish the Navy with useful information, assuring that they would act on any little information at their disposal, in order to have a safe and peaceful environment.
NAN recalls that Dewu, who assumed duty as NNS DELTA Commander on Jan. 26, 2017 had on March 24, conducted a medical outreach programme in Ajamimogha community in the Warri South Local Government Area of Delta.
He advised the crowd of over 1,000 to shun criminal activities and also solicited for useful information to assist the Navy in their operations.
It would be recalled that the commander had at various times within a month uncovered two vandalised oil well heads in Uobodede community in the Warri South Local Government Area. (NAN)
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(Edited By Adeboye Ajayi/Idonije Obakhedo)