Tackle HIV/AIDS with 1% of monthly allocation, NACA tells states

Date: 2018-04-21

In a bid to enhance the fight against HIV/AIDS in the country, the National Agency for the Control of AIDS (NACA) has called on state governments to allocate one per cent of their monthly federal allocation for the virus.

Director-General of NACA, Dr Sani Aliyu made the call on Friday during a courtesy call on the Kwara Deputy Gov. Peter Kisira, in Ilorin.

The director-general said that such allocation would take care of the gap that would be created by external donors that were leaving the country.

He said that the idea had been suggested to the governors at a meeting in Abuja, under the auspices of the Nigeria Governors' Forum.

Aliyu commended the Kwara government for its budgetary provision for the Kwara State Agency for the Control of AIDS (KWASACA ).

He called for prompt release of such funds to enhance the job of the agency and deliver on its mandate as well as the release of the World Bank counterpart funding of up to N60 million.

Aliyu described as low the prevalence rate of the scourge in the state compared to other states.

The NACA chief urged the Kwara government to work toward further reduction.

He said that the Mother to Child transition had been effectively taken care of because of the potency of the drug.

Aliyu lauded the state for the introduction of the Community Health Insurance Scheme among others aimed at bringing health care delivery closer to the people.

Responding, Kisira said that the Kwara government placed great emphasis on the control of AIDS in the state and was showing concern for people living with the condition.

The deputy governor said that necessary machinery would be put in place to eliminate HIV and AIDS in the state.

He described funding as a great challenge and appealed to NACA to give special consideration to the state in view of its peculiar nature.(NAN)

 

Cloud Tag: What's trending

Click on a word/phrase to read more about it.

Tanke Flyover Bridge     Centre For Community Empowerment And Poverty Eradication     Kayode Ogunlowo     Kaiama     Mustapha Akanbi     Government High School Adeta     Sanusi Abubakar     JAMB     National Information Technology Development Agency     Abdulsalam A. Yusuf     Aro Yahaya     Ibrahim Taiwo     Alliance For Democracy     Atiku Abubakar     Matthew Okedare     Abdulraufu Mustapha     Abdulrahman Onikijipa     Harrison Osauwagboe     Ibrahim Issa Jetti     Joseph Bamigboye     Aishat Mohammed Lawal     Irepodun     Kwara Volleyball Association     Afeyin-Olukuta     Kwara South     Bluenile Associates     Countryside Emerging Leaders Fellowship     Sodiya     Academic Staff Union Of Universities     Shuaib Olarongbe     Abdulwahab Oba     Rotimi Samuel Olujide     Young Progressives Party     Pilgrims Board     Yekini Adio     Lateef Ademola Olatunji     Revenue Court     Ajayi Okasanmi     Okanlawon Musa     Solomon Edoja     Abdulahi Abubakar Bata     Post-utme     Olomu Of Omu-Aran     Olaitan Buraimoh     Mahmud Durosinlohun Atiku     Ayotunde Emmanuel Alao     Segun Abifarin     Yahaya Seriki     Yusuf Olaolu Ali     Moses Afolayan     Ita-Ore     Minister     Aishatu Ahmed Gobir     Mashood Dauda     Ilorin Like-Minds     Saba Jibril     Kwara State Fish Farmers Association     Ramadhan     Najim Yaasin     Sola Saraki Educational Foundation     Omoniyi     Yaru     Amasa     Joseph Offorjama     KFA     Abdulwasiu Bolaji Adeyi     Yemi Sanni     Hameed Oladipupo Ali     Halimat Yusuf     Ilorin West     Ariyo     Folorunsho Alao     Yahaya Dumoye     Kola Bukoye     Kwara Metro Park     Ilorin Muslim Community     Ahman Patigi    

Cloud Tag: What's trending

Click on a word/phrase to read more about it.

Noah Yusuf     Ifelodun     Ibrahim Gambari     Tafida     Lasiele Alabi Yahaya     Saka Abimbola Isau     Ghali Alaaya     Wahab Isa     Eruku     KW-GIS     David Adesina     Kemi Adeosun     Bank Of Industry     UITH     Adeleke Ogungbe     Omoniyi Ayinla     Nigerian Army     Sadiq Buhari     Dan-Kazeem     Harmony Holdings     Oba Abdulkadir La\'aro     Kabir Shagaya     Village Alive Development Association     Gambari     Kwara State Health Insurance Agency     Chemiroy Nigeria Limited     Alanamu     Elese Of Igbaja     Amos Justus Sayo     Ajidagba     Odo-Owa     Sabi     Habeeb Saidu     CCT     Toun Okewale-Sonaiya     Dar-Al-Handasah Consultants     Waziri Yakubu Gobir     Ministry Of Women Affairs And Social Development     Kwara Pdp     Hameed Oladipupo Ali     Abdul-Rahoof Bello     Alabere     Coalition Of Kwara North Groups     Mahmud Ajeigbe     Abdulrasaq Alaro     ER-KANG Mining     Oluwatoyin Lukman     Abikan     Share-Tsaragi     Kola Ologbondiyan     Iqra Books     Baakini     Senior Ibrahim Suleiman     Harafat E. Mukadam     Kwara State Fire Service     Usman Rifun     Hassanat Bello     Kolawole Akande     Allocation     Onilorin Of Ilorin     School Of Nursing     Firdaos Amasa     Emir Of Ilorin     Offa Descendants Union     Afeyin-Olukuta     Yakub Lai Gobir     Ubandawaki     Bamidele Aluko     Salami Adekunle     Raji Ayodele Kamaldeen     TVC Female National Debate     Samuel Elizabeth Keatswa     Bursary     Maja     Geri-Alimi Split Diamond Interchange     Galadiman Ngeri     Jaiz Bank