RIGHTS MONITORS, HURMA COMMENDS HON. LATEEF ASHIMI: SOMOLU’S ₦3 MILLION MONTHLY HEALTH SUPPORT FUND NOW OPEN TO ALL POOR LAGOSIANS

The Human Rights Monitoring Agenda (HURMA) has publicly commended the Executive Chairman of Somolu Local Government, Hon. Lateef Ashimi, for his humanitarian and life-saving decision.

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This commendation was publicly declared on Tuesday morning during a Human Rights and Anti-Corruption radio program “Labe-Ofin” (Rule of Law) on Bond FM Radio Nigeria.
According to the report, Somolu Local Government, under Hon. Ashimi, has been operating a ₦3,000,000 Monthly Health Support Fund at Somolu General Hospital to pay medical bills for poor and indigent members of the Somolu community who cannot afford medical attention.

Recently on Sunday 8th November 2026, following a phone conversation with the Executive Director of HURMA, Comrade Buna Olaitan Isiak, the Chairman officially granted that the Health Fund benefits be extended to residents of other Local Governments and LCDAs in Lagos State who cannot afford medical bills.

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According to further report, the decision came after a member of Bariga LCDA contacted HURMA’s office seeking urgent assistance for health attention for their child. HURMA Executive Director, Comrade Buna Isiak sought clarification from the Chairman, and the Chairman graciously approved that no poor child in Lagos should die because he is not from Somolu.

The Right Monitors, HURMA sees this as highly commendable, exemplary, and worthy of emulation.

According the Hon. Ashimi: “Health is a human right. Sickness does not know Local Government boundary. A poor mother from Bariga, Kosofe, Mushin, or Ikorodu should not be turned back from a hospital because of where she lives”.

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According to HURMA, By this singular act, Hon. Lateef Ashimi has shown that leadership is about humanity, not politics.

HURMA therefore call on all other 56 Local Governments and LCDAs in Lagos State to follow this humanitarian step of Somolu Local Government by investing in major sectors – especially health, education, and social protection – to benefit poor and indigent members of their communities.

“We call on the Lagos State Government to also adopt this model as a State Policy.

“HURMA will continue to monitor the implementation of the Fund to ensure it reaches the real poor, without discrimination, and without middlemen.”

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