UNILORIN STUDENTS’ UNION DONATES N495,000 TO 400 LEVEL STUDENT FOR EYE SURGERY.
Unilorin Students’ Union donates N495,000 to 400 level student for eye surgery. The University of Ilorin Students’ Union has donated N495, 000 to Abdulbasit Oladele, a 400 level student of the Department of Telecommunication Sciences, to enable him to undergo surgery on his eye (eye retinal detachment). This was contained in the University of Ilorin Bulletin issued on Monday, which said that Oladele had been battling with eye problem since January 2019. According to the statement, the student had been receiving treatment at the Eyes Clinic of the University of Ilorin Teaching Hospital (UITH) before he was referred to the Eye Foundation Hospital in Ikeja, Lagos for further treatment. The publication stated that the patient, who is a 400 level student, had undergone two different surgeries to his right eye. It said that the total money needed to cover the entire expenses for the treatment was put at about N1, 395, 000 out of which he was able to raise N900, 000. It said t