First City Monument Bank (FCMB) in partnership with the Tulsi Chanrai Foundation (TCF) has provided free corrective eye surgeries to 350,000 Nigerians in the country.Information Guide Nigeria

LEADERSHIP reports that the beneficiaries cut across Cross River, Ogun, Kebbi, Imo, Abuja, Katsina, and Adamawa, among other states.

They will benefit from free testing, optical services, surgeries, free glasses, and eye disease management through the initiative.

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A beneficiary of the free eye surgery, said Showering encomiums on FCMB and TCF, Stephen Oyedokun: “For many years, I have been using glasses. But suddenly, in April 2021, I felt my eyesight dwindling, and I could not see things well. The situation was becoming worse and affected everything I was doing. I then heard about the Priceless Gift of Sight programme.NYSC Portal

“After visiting the hospital for assessment, I went through the surgery successfully. Everything was free. Today, I have my eyes and life back. From the bottom of my heart, I appreciate FCMB and Tulsi Chanrai Foundation for moving people from darkness to light.”

According to LEADERSHIP, another beneficiary, Helen Simon, appreciated FCMB for restoring her sight and the opportunity to move forward with her life.

Helen Simon revealed that she suffered from a severe eye defect and was losing hope until a neighbour informed her about the Priceless Gift of Sight programme.

As part of it plans to lessen the prevalence of avoidable blindness and unnecessary visual impairment in Nigeria’s rural and peri-urban communities, FCMB had initiated the priceless Gift of Sight in 2009.JAMB Result