The Kingdom of Saudi Arabia has pledged its commitment to organise free surgeries for indigent Nigerians under the Nur-Saudi Voluntary Campaign in Nigeria.
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Ambassador, of the Saudi Arabia Kingdom to Nigeria, Mr Faisal Alghamdi, made the pledge at the Kingdom’s 93rd National Day celebration which held in Abuja, Nigeria’s capital.
According to Alghamdi, the Custodian of the two Holy Mosques, King Salman Al Saud (may, Allah protect him), had in 2022 approved the Nur-Saudi Voluntary Campaign in Nigeria.
He said the campaign will be executed through the King Salman Humanitarian Aid and Relief Center (KSRelief), and it will be executed in stages.
The first stage had been executed which targeted combating blindness and its causes, in addition to a large number of open-heart and urology surgeries.
“In this regard, I would like to congratulate the parents of the Nigerian conjoined twins on the successful separation surgery. The surgery done will make it the 56th surgery performed by the Kingdom in separating conjoined twins from across the world,” he said.
Emphasizing on the bilateral relations between Nigeria and Saudi Arabia, the Ambassador said that the historic bonds between both countries dated back to 1961 and had been firmly growing since then.
Alghamdi noted that the extant relations would continue to grow under the government of President Bola Tinubu.
“I wish him, his government and the people of Nigeria good luck and success. Furthermore, the mutual visits contribute in developing this bilateral relations at all levels.”
Alghamdi further stated that, in 2022, about 200,000 Nigerians visited Saudi Arabia, 95,000 of them pilgrims and more than 90,000 on minor pilgrimage.
“In the same period, the Kingdom had given 200 scholarships to Nigerian students both males and females while the trade volume between the Kingdom and Nigeria was more than $600 million.”
The National day was celebrated for the unification of all parts of the Saudi Arabia Kingdom by King Abdulaziz Al Saud.
