The NNPC/Seplat Joint Enterprise (JV) has screened a complete of 23,447 optical circumstances, performed 797 surgical procedures and given out over 13,525 free eye glasses Imo residents; beneath its ‘Eye Can See’ signature Company Social Funding (CSI) programme.
The Director, Exterior Affairs and Social Efficiency, Seplat Vitality Plc, Mrs. Chioma Afe, disclosed this throughout the opening ceremony of the ‘Eye Can See’ CSI programme 2026 version in Owerri, the Imo State Capital.
Represented by the Basic Supervisor, Company Social Funding & Social Efficiency, Seplat Vitality Plc, Mrs. Esther Icha, Afe defined that the initiative was designed to impression the well being and wellbeing of host communities by offering free entry to important eye care companies, together with screenings, studying glasses and cataract surgical procedures.
Beneficiaries had been additionally screened for different well being challenges like hypertension and diabetes, amongst others, and supplied with skilled counselling, medicine and referrals for sufferers as wanted.
The three-day outreach attracted a big turnout of males, girls, and kids from throughout the state and neighbouring communities with a median of 700 folks being screened per day, thus being the best attended NNPC/Seplat JV “Eye Can See” programme when put next with earlier years.
She noticed that value of eye care, which is presently out of attain for a lot of, makes it very crucial for the NNPC/Seplat JV to maintain the programme and drive penetration; thus, impacting a wide selection of individuals within the communities from the inception of the intervention well being programme in 2017.
Afe added that the initiative aligns with the United Nations Sustainable Improvement Aim (SDG) 3 on Good Well being and Properly-Being, and underscores the Joint Enterprise’s broader dedication to delivering sustainable, high-impact social investments.
“For us as an organization, we’re very comfortable to do that due to the constructive impacts on the stakeholders on the neighborhood stage,” she mentioned.
In his remarks, the Performing Chief Upstream Funding Officer, NNPC Upstream Funding Administration Companies (NUIMS), Olanrewaju Igandan, welcomed all current and lauded Seplat Vitality for driving the initiative which has seen the JV Companions restore not simply imaginative and prescient, however hope to many members of host communities.
Igandan, represented by Bunmi Lawson, Deputy Supervisor, Exterior Relations, NUIMS, mentioned that the: “NNPC Restricted is devoted to creating a constructive distinction within the lives of people that host our companies and operations. These efforts have modified many lives, giving folks the chance to see clearly and luxuriate in life once more.
“We recognise that there are nonetheless many challenges and there may be extra work to be executed. The objective is not only eyecare however to help welfare and extra affluent communities.”
The beneficiaries expressed delight on the alternative and thanked the JV companions for bailing them out of important well being challenges.
Dr Fred Nnamdi, Lolo Igolo Njemanze, and Chief Ernest Onyeneke, three of whom benefited from eye surgical procedures, amongst others, recommended the Joint Enterprise for giving them a nice expertise with an exquisite life-changing initiative, without charge