The Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC), on Friday, 16th August 2024, marked the World Malaria Day in Akwa Ibom State with a donation of 300 treated mosquito nets .
The event which took place at the OBA laison office, Ewet Housing Estate, 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 event was to commensurate with other multinational agencies to mark the 2024 World Malaria Day.
He said malaria is a global sickness and that the event was to create awareness on how to eradicate the sickness from the State. The NDDC boss disclosed one of the factors that causes malaria which is an unclean environment.
The NDDC MD/CEO 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 intervention agency, hence the Commission decided collaborated with other agencies to fight malaria parasite in 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 is determined to hold the event annually and will ensure people of the State lives 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 parasite."
In his speech, the Director in the Akwa Ibom State NDDC office, Engr. Evong Evong, said the NDDC is committed to doing more in the health sector.
Engr. Evong Evong while stressing the need to live a healthy life, maintained that malaria is dangerous just as other sickness, adding that clean environment will help to eradicate the parasite 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 to keep environment clean 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 one day event and promised to make good use of information gathered at the event.
Highpoints of the event was the presentation of mosquito nets and cash to over 300 people as well as conduction of malaria test by the medical team.
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