Wife of governor of Lagos, Mrs. Bolanle Ambode, has urged Lagosians and Nigerians in general to be more concerned with preventing rather than curing malaria infection. She gave the charge in Oregun in Ikeja when her pet project, Hope for Women in Nigeria Initiative (HOFOWEM) distributed over 3,000 insecticide-treated nets at Makoko community, Yaba local council development area (LCDA) as part of activities to mark the 2018 World Malaria Day. Mrs. Ambode described as unacceptable, a situation where a child dies every two minutes from malaria around the world, and an alarming global average of 400,000 deaths annually, according to World Health Organisation (WHO) accounts. “We cannot fold our arms and allow malaria to continue to ravage our society.
This epidemic has claimed too many lives, whether in our country, Africa or the world in general. Thank God it is not a disease without prevention or cure, and since it has both, the easier way out is to prevent it.”
Addressing the community members, Chairman of Yaba local council development area, Hon. Kayode Omiyale, thanked the founder of HOFOWEM foundation, for celebrating 2018 World Malaria Day with the community and counseled Makoko residents to ensure the insecticide distributed is used for the purpose for which it was given.
Also speaking, the Chief Executive Offi cer of HOFOWEM, Mrs. Olayinka Oyefunke, thanked the founder for approving the purchase and mass distribution of the nets, stressing that it was in line with HOFOWEM’sphilosophy of touching people’s lives.
