Malaria: NGO tasks Kaduna Govt on fumigation
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Prevention
By Mohammed Lawal
Zaria (Kaduna State), Oct. 11, 2016 (NAN) The Northern Emancipation Network (NEN), an NGO, has urged Kaduna State Government to reintroduce fumigation in its cities and towns to effectively reduce frequent deaths from malaria scourge.
The National President of NEN, Alhaji Abdul-Aziz Suleiman, told the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Tuesday in Zaria that this had become imperative in view of rising cases of deaths from malaria fever.
Suleiman said that the reintroduction of fumigation would also reduce the number of deaths caused by communicable diseases.
“It will also improve the health status of citizens as well as reduce government’s expenditure on supply of drugs to hospitals and clinics,’’ the president of NEN said.
While describing the rate of the epidemic as alarming, he identified pregnant women and children under five as the worse hit.
He noted that whenever there was an outbreak of the disease, many families were usually affected, with children under five and pregnant women being the worse hit.
“As a citizen of Kaduna State, I feel it is time to bring this issue to the fore. We will not tolerate a situation where people continually die in silence, only for government to act as if nothing is happening,” Suleiman said.
According to him, many states are reintroducing fumigation of their surroundings in order to protect the health of its citizens.
The NEN president advised residents to imbibe the habit of sleeping under mosquito nets to prevent malaria.
Besides, he appealed to government at all levels to step-up efforts at fulfilling their campaign promises to reduce the current hardship facing Nigerians.
Suleiman noted that that it was based on electoral promises people of Kaduna state voted for Gov. Nasiru El-Rufa’i to serve them. (NAN)
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Edited by Yakubu Uba/Muhammad Suleiman Tola