FUTA Undergraduate Seeks N12.5m For Kidney Transplant

An undergraduate of Federal University of Technology, Akure (FUTA), Mojeed Adegoke, is in dire need of N12.5 million for a kidney transplant and other chronic ailments.

It was gathered that the 23-year-old student was

an app builder, working for Google. His dream was to be

one of the best tech builders in Nigeria and Africa until

that dream was cut short three years ago when sickness suddenly struck and disoriented him.

He was said to have been diagnosed with chronic kidney disease in 2021 after he was subjected to severe

headaches. This, however, made him put a hold on his

final year project at the Federal University of Technology, Akure.

According to ABUAD Multi-System Hospital in Ekiti

State, Adegoke had been to their facility on 5th August

2021 with complaints of recurrent headaches and reduction in urine output of eight months duration.

Examination at presentation, urine and blood tests

and ultrasound scan results

showed features suggestive of chronic kidney disease

possibly secondary to Chronic Glomerulonephritis.

He was discharged to a haemodialysis clinic after

sustained clinical improvement to continue thriceweekly dialysis on an outpatient basis on current

medications.

On the projected cost of dialysis for six months, Adegoke would be expected to continue three times weekly

hemodialysis among others.

Speaking to our correspondent on his sick bed,

Adegoke pleaded with Nigerians to come to his aid.

“This sickness has not only snatched my ambition in

life,” he lamented profusely.

“It has rendered me vulnerable and depressed. I

need all of your support to

live again. I need this financial assistance to be useful

to myself, my family, community, and the nation, ” he

said.