World Malaria Day: NDDC sponsors free medical treatment
...Donates items for over 500 participants
The Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC), has recently join the world over to celebrate this year’s World Malaria Day in Akwa Ibom State.
The event which took place in Uyo, had in attendance people across the 31 Local Government Areas of Akwa Ibom State.
Declaring the event open, the Managing Director and Chief Executive Officer of Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC), Dr. Samuel Ogbuku, said the occasion was commomorated with other multinational agencies to mark the 2024 World Malaria Day.
He described malaria as a global sickness, pointing out that the event was to create awareness on how to eradicate the scourge from the State. The NDDC boss identified an unclean environment as one of the factors that militate malaria disease.
The commission MD who was represented by the Akwa Ibom State Representative in the Governing Board of the Niger Delta Development Commission, Apostle Abasiandikan Nkono, said the NDDC is an interventionist agency, hence, the need to collaborate with other agencies to roll back malaria out of the State.
He noted that though the event had globally took place earlier in the year, with the theme “accelerating the fight against malaria for a more equitable world”, NDDC had determined to hold the event annually and will ensure people of the State live a healthy life.
According to him, “we are here to create awareness on malaria parasite. We are urging you all to always keep your environment clean so that mosquitoes will be far away from your houses. Let us come together to eradicate the pandemic.”
On his part, the Akwa Ibom state director, Engr. Evong Evong, said NDDC is committed to doing more in the health sector.
Engr. Evong Evong while stressing the need for a healthy life, maintained that malaria is dangerous just as other ailments, adding that clean environment will help to eradicate the disease from the State.
The event featured awareness talk by the resource person, Dr. Idara Isong who is from the Community Medicine Department, University of Uyo. Dr. Isong enlightened the participants on the need for serene environment and to ensure proper treatment each time the observed malaria symptoms.
During a chat, one of the participants, Mrs. Grace Okon, thanked the Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC) for the awareness and promised to make good use of information gathered at the event.
Highpoints of the ceremony was the presentation of mosquito nets, insecticides, and free medical treatment and drugs to over 500 people by the medical team.
