Kwara Steps Up TB Fight with Free X-Rays and Child Diagnostics

Date: 2025-03-26

The Kwara State Government has reiterated its commitment to combating tuberculosis (TB) by expanding free treatment and diagnostic services, including the introduction of complimentary chest X-rays and specialised paediatric TB diagnostics.

The First Lady of Kwara State, Professor Olufolake AbdulRazaq, made this announcement on Monday during the commemoration of the 2025 World Tuberculosis Day at Kulende Market in the Sango area of Ilorin, the state capital.

Represented by the Director-General of the Ajike People Support Centre, Alhaji Abdulganiyu Opeloyeru, the First Lady urged residents to promptly report suspected TB cases in their communities to ensure early treatment and prevent further transmission.

Addressing this year's theme, “Yes! We Can End TB: Commit, Invest, Deliver,” the first lady encouraged both the Hausa and Yoruba communities in the area to actively participate in TB awareness efforts and ensure timely case reporting.

According to a statement issued by the Press Secretary, Ministry of Health, Hamdalat Saad, made available to the press on Tuesday, Abdulrazaq emphasized that collective action between the government and the public is crucial to save lives through early detection and prevention.

In his remarks, Chairman of the Kwara State House of Assembly Committee on Health, Seun Oguniyi, urged Sango residents to take full advantage of the government's TB intervention programmes in their own interests.

He, therefore, reaffirmed his committee's commitments to working with the State Ministry of Health to eradicate quackery in the health sector.

Also speaking, the Commissioner for Health, Dr. Amina El-Imam, who was represented by the Director of Pharmacy, Pharmacist Barakat Olanrewaju, further reiterated the government's readiness to collaborate with stakeholders to ensure that TB diagnosis and treatments remained completely free of charge to patients.

“The state currently has 646 Directly Observed Treatment Short Course (DOTS) Centers across both public and private health facilities. Plans are therefore underway to double this number to ensure TB services reach every community in Kwara State.” El-Imam stated.

She also thanked Governor AbdulRahman AbdulRazaq for approving free health insurance coverage for TB patients and four of their family members, with access to treatments for various health conditions throughout the year.

The event was attended by key stakeholders, including the spouse of the Executive Chairman of Ilorin South Local Government, Hajia Hawawu Podo, the Vice Chairman Mrs. Mary Abiodun and community leaders, among others.

 

Cloud Tag: What's trending

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

Samuel Elizabeth Keatswa     Basic Education Certificate Examination     Garba Ayodele Wahab     Hajj     Transition Implementation Committee     Oju Ekun Sarumi     Deji Ajani     Baba Issa     Ayeyemi Sulaiman     Sheikh Ridhwanullah     Yusuf Mubarak     Babajide Ajayi     Turaki     Aremu Odolaye     Saad Belgore     Chartered Institute Of Personnel Management Of Nigeria     Suleiman Abubakar     Ibrahim Abiodun     Abdullahi AbdulMajeed     Salake     Danhawa     Federal Road Maintenance Agency     Bayo Onimago     Abdulrazaq Akorede     Iyiola Oyedepo     University Road     Mamatu Abdullahi     Garba Dogo     Shuaib Boni Aliyu     Michael Nzekwe     AbdulGafar Tosho     Code Of Conduct     Senate Presidency     Olaosebikan     Amasa     Osuwa     Kola Ologbondiyan     Ilorin Water Reticulation     Olomu Of Omu-Aran     Afeyin-Olukuta     Medview Airlines     Oniyangi Kunle Sulaiman     Hauwa Nuru     Ahmad Belgore     Oloruntoyosi Thomas     Muhammed Mahe Abdulkadir     Rafiu Ibrahim     Sabo-Oke     Salihu Jibril Garbi     Suleiman Ajadi     Olatunji Moronfoye     Senior Ibrahim Suleiman     Tafida     Mohammed Alabi Lawal     Kanu Agabi     MAI Akande     Mahmud Babatunde Baker     Sobi Specialist Hospital     Ilorin Emirate Staff Association     Abdullahi Biffo     Moses Rahman Popoola     Kale Bayero     Nigeria Computer Society     JMK Construction Company Limited     Rex Olawoye     Mohammed Saidu     Gwanara     Yoruba     Ilorin.Info     Paul Olawoore     Apaola     Adesoye College     Esinniobiwa Quareeb     Abdulrazaq Sanni     Iyeru Grammar School     Imodoye Writer’s Enclave     Sun Qing Rong    

Cloud Tag: What's trending

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

Maigidasanma     Jeunkunu-Malete-Bani     Surajudeen Akanbi     Mashood Abdulrafiu Agboola     Abdulmumini AbdulRazaq     Mufutau Gbadamosi Esuwoye     Bukola Ajikobi     Code Of Conduct Tribunal     PPS     Ridhwanullah Al-Ilory     BIR     Al-Ilory     Ahmed Bolaji Nagode     AbdulQowiy Olododo     Unicontinental Construction Company     Ajayi Okasanmi     Elerin Of Adanla     Olokoba Sulyman     Alore     Mumini Ishola Hanafi     Revenue Court     Azeez Salawu     Aliyu Alhassan     Gani Saadu     Ola Falade     Transition Implementation Committee     Baba Idris     Illyasu Abdullahi     Kassim Babamale     Bayer Nigeria Limited     Mohammed Lawal     Yakubu Gobir     Oba David Oyerinola Adedunmoye     Yusuf Abdulkadir     IF-K     Mary Arinde     Alabere     Lawal Olohungbebe     Oko-Olowo     Adamu Jemilat-Baki     Elesie Of Esie     Abubakar Ndakene     Abdulraheem Olesin     Adamu Attah     Olatunji Abdulmumeen     Abdulsalam A. Yusuf     Cassava Growers\' Association     Opaleke Bukola Iyabo     Shao     Tunde Akanbi     Kayode Zubair     Dumagi     Amina Susa\'a De Ahmed     ITP     Bio Ibrahim     Bolaji Abdullahi     Akeem Olatunji     Oyelere Oyinloye     Seun Bolaji     Gobirawa     Magaji Erubu     Jaigbade Alao     Omoniyi M. Ayinla     Eruku     Adama Isa     Suleiman Ajadi     LABTOP     Medinat Folorunsho Salman     Wahab Agbaje     Shehu Jimoh     Aso-ofi     Goodluck Jonathan     Hassan Taiye Salam     Ibrahim Abikan     Olanrewju Okanlawon Musa     Hamidu Olowo     Mustapha Olanipekun