The Lagos State Governor, Babajide Sanwo-Olu, and his wife, Ibijoke, on Friday visited the Lagos Island Maternity Hospital, Broad Street and some other hospitals in different parts of the State to celebrate Eid-el-Kabir with in-patients and health practitioners.
The Governor and his wife while at the various hospitals chatted with the patients and the medical personnel, cheering them up, encouraging them and also prayed for their recovery.
He said: “It is really about the season.
“So, if you reflect, Eid-el-Kabir is about season of love.
“It is about season of remembering one another.
“So people are remembering Prophet Ibrahim; he slaughtered ram, which showed it is a season of giving.
Justifying his decision to pay unscheduled visit to health practitioners and in-patients at the hospitals, Sanwo-Olu said: “I felt that this is the best place to come and show love; not just to see them but to encourage them and to give them little support from myself and my government.
“Coming here, we would also see things around ourselves.
“It is an unscheduled visit.
“So, we didn’t prompt anything.
“You can see so many doctors and nurses are on duty and patients are also happy.
“We have also seen several patients; mothers that gave birth overnight to fresh new born babies.
“So, it is just a season to come and thank God for them and their lives and for their families who are not here.
