The Ti’Bilon Healthcare Foundation, in collaboration with the Anchor Men’s Fellowship of Family Worship Centre, Wuye, Abuja, has organised a free medical outreach for residents of the Federal Capital Territory, targeting 3,000 beneficiaries at its Wuye centre.

The outreach, held at the weekend, took place simultaneously at six locations where the church operates, including Gwagwalada, Wuye, Nyanya, Kubwa, Karu and Lugbe.

The initiative was designed to provide residents with access to basic healthcare services while complementing the church’s community development and evangelism efforts.

Services offered during the exercise included vital signs checks, medical consultations, eye examinations, dental care, cardiovascular tests, drug dispensing and referrals for cases requiring specialised treatment.

Speaking during the programme, Chief Executive Officer of Ti’Bilon Construction Ltd., Dr Toochukwu Nnamoko, said the outreach was part of the foundation’s mandate to improve access to quality and affordable healthcare.

Nnamoko who was represented by the Programme Director of Ti’Bilon Healthcare Foundation, Olugbenga Falusi said beneficiaries would receive free medical consultations, blood pressure and blood sugar checks, eye examinations, eyeglasses and essential medications.

He explained that the collaboration with the church and its men’s fellowship was aimed at expanding the reach of the foundation’s healthcare interventions.

“We need to partner and collaborate with organisations that can get the people for us because they have the numbers. Our working together enables us to achieve our goal, which is in line with the World Health Organisation’s objective of health for all,” he said.

Nnamoko disclosed that the foundation attended to more than 5,000 patients through its medical outreach programme in the previous year, adding that it conducts similar interventions with other organisations on a monthly basis.

He said the foundation had, over the past two to three years, extended its services to communities in Kwali Area Council and other parts of Abuja.

Nnamoko urged the government to recognise that it was not alone in efforts to provide quality healthcare to Nigerians, stressing that foundations and non-governmental organisations were ready to complement its efforts.

“We want the government to know that they are not alone in helping Nigerians get quality access to healthcare. We are here to support them and strengthen the healthcare system as a whole,” Falusi said.

He appealed to national and international donors, development partners and other stakeholders to support the foundation’s interventions, particularly in communities where access to healthcare remains limited.

“We cannot do it alone. We need donors and partners to support and strengthen us to go to places they might never get to, but we can get there,” he said.

Speaking, the Chairman of the ANCOR 2026 Planning Committee, Ambassador Elijah Onyeagba, said the outreach was part of the church’s efforts to give back to communities where it operates.

Onyeagba said the Wuye centre was expecting close to 3,000 beneficiaries, while the combined outreach across the six locations was expected to treat between 10,000 and 15,000 people.

He said the medical services included vital signs checks, consultations, eye care, dental services, drug dispensing and referrals for patients requiring specialised treatment.

“People that need basic medical checks within this district will come in today and have those medical checks,” he said.

He added that some beneficiaries with eye problems would receive glasses, while those with dental conditions could access scaling and other basic treatments.

According to him, the outreach also featured food distribution, counselling and prayers as the organisers sought to address the physical, social and spiritual needs of beneficiaries.

Onyeagba stressed that the programme was open to everyone, regardless of religious affiliation or membership of the church.

“Today we’re having this outreach, and we are open to everybody. Christian and non-Christian alike. Church members and non-church members alike. Matter of fact, we expect more non-church members to come,” he said.

He said the ultimate objective was to make a positive impact on surrounding communities while also introducing beneficiaries to the Christian faith.

“Some come because they are hungry, some come because they are truly sick, some come because they are spiritually sick as well. There are multiple dimensions of challenges that people have, but what we try to do is to assist and contribute and give back to society,” he said.

Onyeagba said the initiative should not be seen as a substitute for government responsibility in healthcare delivery, but as a complementary intervention.

“The government’s resources are quite limited. The country has over 200 million persons. Problems are infinite, but resources are finite,” he said.

He called on individuals, churches, businesses and non-governmental organisations to support initiatives aimed at improving the welfare of Nigerians, saying collective efforts could complement government interventions.

One of the beneficiaries, Prisca Nwemo, who attended the outreach with her mother, commended the organisers for providing accessible healthcare services and medications.

Nwemo said she initially visited the centre for treatment of an allergy but discovered during the medical checks that her blood pressure was high.

“My experience today has been awesome. I came here with my mum and we were promptly attended to. I came because of an allergy, but when they checked my blood pressure, they discovered that it was high and gave me medication for it,” she said.