APPARENTLY worried by the high prevalence of HIV/AIDS in some states,
as well as the rating of the country as second in Africa with the
prevalence of the virus, President Goodluck Jonathan, on Thursday,
summoned governors of some of the worse-hit states, to discuss
strategies to halt the trend.
Governors at the meeting were Gabriel Suswam (Benue) and Peter Obi
(Anambra), with Mukhtar Shagari, Olufunmilayo Olayinka, Nsima Ekere and
Ignatius Longjan, deputy governors of Sokoto, Ekiti, Akwa Ibom and
Plateau states respectively also in attendance.
Also at the meeting, which took place at the State House, Abuja, were
the leadership of the National Action Committee (NACA), donor agencies
and other stakeholders.
Speaking to State House correspondents after the meeting, Governor
Suswam said the president was worried about the social, economic and
security implications of the disease, as well as the way forward.
Noting that the main challenge had to do with funding and the sexual
behaviour of people, Suswam said the country’s present rating on the
continent was capable of depleting its workforce.
Meanwhile, the fight against polio in the country has recorded a
major breakthrough, as no new case of the disease has been reported in
the country in the last two months.
The Director-General of the National Primary Health Care Development
Agency, Dr Ado Mohammed, said efforts had been intensified to achieve
total eradication of polio in the country in the next two years.
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