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.

Adijat Adebiyi     Mufti Of Ilorin     Issa Baba     Aliyu Kora Sabi     Government High School Adeta     Monthly Sanitation Exercise     Yusuf Lanre Badmus     Oloyede     Share/Tsaragi     Ilorin Descendants Progressive Union     Saliu Tunde Bello     Offa Descendants Union     Mansur Alfanla     Sarakite     Kamaldeen Gambari     Edret Sabi Abel     Raliat AbdulRazaq     Islamic Development Bank     Muhammed Akanbi     Temi Kolawole     Saba Jibril     Ridwan Agboola     Bareke     Umaru Saro     Basic Education Certificate Examination     Lawal Olohungbebe     Yusuf Abdulkadir     Joshua Adeyemi Adimula     Air Peace     Ridhwanullah Al-Ilory     Kwara State Printing And Publishing Corporation     Allocation     Fatimah Abdulkadir     Halimah Perogi     Agboola Abdulraheem     Isaac Gbenle     Pius Abioje     Jawondo     Hijaab     Yunus Oniboki     Garba Ado Sanni     Yakubu Shaaba     Iliasu     Jani Ibrahim     Adebayo Mohammed Kamaldeen     Quareeb Islamic Association     Share     Universal Basic Education Commission     Ramadhan     Theophilus Oyebiyi     Alimi Abdulrazaq     Mashood Abdulrafiu Agboola     Chief Imam Of Ilorin     Aishatu Ahmed Gobir     Ajia-Bako     Balogun Fulani     Bayo Ajia     Taofeek Sanusi     Rotimi Samuel Olujide     Mohammed Katsina Ahmed     Bolakale Kawu Agaka     Iyabo Adewuyi     Prince Mahe Abdulkadir     Oyawoye     Omu-aran     Muideen Olaniyi Alalade     S.O. Opowoye     Aliyu Sabi     Makama Of Ilorin     Kupchi Hosea Maxwell     Al-Hikmah University     Yahaya Abdulkareem Babaita     Dar-Al-Handasah Consultants Ltd     Ahmed Alhasssan     Road Transport Employers Association Of Nigeria     Folaranmi Aro     Jare Olatundun    

Cloud Tag: What's trending

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

Garba Dogo     Maja     Kwara State Council Of Chiefs     Ajibola Saliu Ajia     Hassan Oyeleke     Mutawali Of Ilorin     LAK Jimoh     Yusuf Arowosaye     Goodluck Jonathan     Simeon Ajibola     Kaosarah Adeyi     Roheemat Hammed     Kwara State Internal Revenue Service     Kwara Volleyball Association     Abatemi Usman     Kamaldeen Ajibade     Afeyin-Olukuta     AbdulRazaq AbduMajeed Alaro     Yusuf Amuda Aluko     Ike Ekweremadu     Balogun-Ojomu     Cornelius Fawenu     Kwara State Governor     Kunle Suleiman     Lateef Alagbonsi     Abdulquowiyu Olododo     Ayo Adeyemi     Adam Abdullahi Al-Ilory     Adaramaja     Ile Arugbo     Oju Ekun Sarumi     Sadiq Buhari     AGILE Programme     Amule Elementary School     AbdulRazaq Abubakar Jiddah     Obayomi Azeez     Ilorin Talaka Parapo (ITP)     Ridhwanullah Al-Ilory     Idofin     Share     Geri-Alimi Split Diamond Interchange     AbdulHakeem Ajibola Akanbi     Offorjama     Quran     David Oyepinola Adedumoye     Ajike People Support Centre     Olajumoke Monsura Gafar     Jide Oyinloye     Eleja Taiwo Banu     Eleja     Abdulahi Abubakar Bata     Nigeria Foundation For Artificial Intelligence     National Broadcasting Commission     Mohammed Abdulahi     Jeunkunu-Malete-Bani     Kehinde Boyede     Emir Of Ilorin     Yahaya Abdulkareem Babaita     Ohoro Of Shao     Muslim Cementary     Orisa Bridge     Saadu Gbogbo Iwe     Labaeka     Laboratory-to-Product     NTA Ilorin     Yusuf Babatunde Abdulwahab     Jide Ashonibare     Nigeria Association Of Women Journalists     ASMAU PLAZA     Kwara Consultative Forum     Salaudeen Oyewale     Charles Ibitoye     General Tunde Idiagbon International Airport     Dasuki Belgore     Funmilayo Zubair     Afolabi-Oshatimehin     Yusuf Lawal