Gov AbdulRazaq Pays Medical Bills of 4 Kwara Journalists Injured in Accident
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Gov AbdulRazaq Pays Medical Bills of 4 Kwara Journalists Injured in Accident
By Kaosara Olayemi Oladimeji
Kwara State Governor, Mallam AbdulRahman AbdulRazaq, has settled the medical bills of four journalists who sustained minor injuries in a road accident along the Alapa-Efue route in Asa Local Government Area of the state.
The journalists, who were travelling to Alapa on Sunday for an official assignment, were involved in the accident when the Toyota Sienna conveying them crashed at Adabata Efue.
The affected journalists were identified as Aiyelabegan Babatunde Abdulrasaq of Just Event Online Publications, Saeed Tijjani of 9jaParrot, Umar Umar of Trove Online Media and Isiaq Sulyman Kayode, also of Trove Online Media.
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They were subsequently taken to the Kwara State University Teaching Hospital, Ilorin, where they received medical attention.
The governor also provided cash support to the journalists to aid their recovery.
The Senior Special Assistant to the Governor on Communications, Ibraheem Abdullateef, delivered the governor’s message and support to the injured journalists at the hospital.
The intervention was facilitated by former Chief Press Secretary to the governor and All Progressives Congress House of Representatives candidate, Rafiu Ajakaye.
Reacting to the governor’s intervention, the Association of Kwara Online Media Practitioners, ASKOMP, through its Chairman, Salihu Shola Taofeek, expressed appreciation for the support extended to its members.
In a statement issued on Sunday, Taofeek said the association appreciated AbdulRazaq for responding promptly to the needs of the journalists following the accident.
He said, “We appreciate His Excellency, Kwara State Governor AbdulRahman AbdulRazaq for supporting our members involved in a motor accident today by clearing their medical bills and releasing cash support.
“This further confirms the governor is media-friendly and compassionate.”
The journalists were said to have sustained minor injuries in the crash while travelling to Alapa to cover an official assignment.
