A Nigerian lawyer, Godwin Obla, has donated a kidney centre worth N400 million to the Federal University of Health Sciences, Otukpo, Benue State.Godwin Obla FoundationMr Obla said his wife, Judith, died in the United States of America as a result of complications arising from diabetes, leading to kidney failure.
He advised the university’s Vice-Chancellor, Innocent Ujah, a Professor of Obstetrics and Gynecology, to set up a team of eminent medical professionals to fashion out “a proper clinical governance structure.” The first prize of N10 million has been instituted in honour of the late Mrs Obla for the best-graduating student in Nephrology with every annual winner receiving N1 million.
Mr Obla described the late Obe as “a legend and a great humanist” whose services he said cannot be forgotten in “our land.”Earlier in a welcome address, the Director General of the Foundation, Uba Obande, said the centre was set up to fill “the yawning gap in a specific aspect of our health care delivery – nephrology.”