Former President Olusegun Obasanjo has said that he once suffered 25 percent hearing loss without knowing it.
Obasanjo stated this in Bauchi on Sunday, October 20, when he paid homage to the Emir of Bauchi state, Alhaji Rilwanu Suleiman-Adamu.
According to him, many people in the world are deaf without knowing it until they go for medical checks on their hearing capacity before it would be revealed to them.
As reported by Vanguard, he recounted that his discovery of hearing impairment occurred during an overseas trip when he found it difficult to hear a conversation clearly.
He noted that this personal challenge inspired the establishment of the Olusegun Obasanjo Foundation, adding that thousands of Nigerians had benefitted from its ear treatment and provision of hearing aids in partnership with Starkey Hearing Foundation.
Obasanjo said the result of the clinical analysis showed he was 25 percent deaf.
Speaking further, Obasanjo said he would inaugurate the distribution of hearing aids targeting about 10,000 indigent people in the North-East, starting from Bauchi State where 2,000 people would benefit.
The Guardian confirmed the development in its publication on Sunday, October 20.
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In another development, TimesNow.com.ng reported that Olusegun Obasanjo disclosed how healing can come to the Federal Republic of Nigeria.
Obasanjo said it is the leaders’ responsibility to recognize and utilize the blessings God has bestowed on the nation.
He said Nigeria was not created to struggle but the leaders e have misused the gifts God gave to the country.
Source: TimesNow.com.ng
