500 council workers, residents benefit from AMAC’s malaria eradication outreach

Published

10 months ago

July 26, 2023

No fewer than 500 members of staff of the Abuja Municipal Area Council (AMAC) and residents on Wednesday benefitted from the council’s malaria eradication outreach.

The outreach with the theme “Time to Deliver Zero Malaria”, was organised at the council’s secretariat, on in Abuja.

Mr Christopher Maikalangu, Chairman of AMAC, said the outreach was part of the council’s committment to bring an end to malaria scourge among its residents.

Maikalangu, represented by Dr Matthew Danjuma, Speaker, AMAC Legislative Chamber said the health of staff and residents were of important to the council.

According to him, as a tier of government, it is important that the health of staff and residents of the council are taken seriously.

“We have been carrying out several outreaches in various communities, as there is always the need for people to know their health status,” he said.

Dr Modupe Adeyinka, Director, Primary Healthcare, said the medical outreach would be taken to different communities in the council in order to give them a sense of belonging.

“We started this outreach during the world malaria day event where some communities were visited and full fledged medical outreach was done in Kurudu and Lugbe.

“We are giving antimalarial drugs and insecticide treated mosquito nets to pregnant women and children under five years.

“The area council has been doing it every quarter and we are moving into the next quarter of the medical outreach,” she added.

Also speaking, Dr Dan Matthew, the Malaria Coordinator of AMAC said that the outreach would be extended to Garki village, Aleita community, among others in the next few days.

“The essence of malaria intervention cannot be over-emphasiaed because it is the major killer in the tropical region of Nigeria and it affects predominantly women and children.

“This exercise is continuous so that we can mitigate the effects of the disease, as it affects our economy and incomes of families,” he said.

Some beneficiaries, Mrs Amaka Eze and Mr Shiloh Sunday, appreciated the area council and the chairman for the free malaria screening, drugs and insecticide treated nets given to them.

Ex-Sports Minister laments after hospital neglected him for hours over N80000 deposit

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4 days ago

May 11, 2024

Ifunaya Emeka

A former Minister of Youth and Sports, Solomon Dalung, has recounted how a hospital in Plateau State did not attend to him because of the non-payment of the admission deposit.

Dalung said he fell ill on Wednesday, May 8, and went to the unnamed hospital for treatment but that the hospital refused to give him treatment because he had yet to make an admission deposit despite holding his medical records. The former minister said he regained partial consciousness later and transferred the deposit before he was attended to.

“I took ill on Wednesday, arrived at the hospital & shortly became unconscious after doctor’s interviews. Was ferried into emergency ward but abandoned for over 4 hrs due to non payments of admission deposits. Regained partial consciousness later did the transfer of deposit.

After that, I fell into unconsciousness again for about 7 hours. To God be the glory, I have been discharged after 3 days & recovering. Were it not for partial consciousness to pay the deposits, I would have been Mr. late. Many Nigerians have gone this way. Where is our humanity?

I was then admitted into the ward and given medical attention. This is the hospital that has my medical records. The last medical checkup I did about 2 months ago was there, but suddenly, I became a stranger because of non payments of deposits even with the so-called name. Hmmmm”

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Osun Poly Student, Olanrewaju Olatona killed by hit-and-run one-way driver

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4 weeks ago

April 18, 2024

Ifunaya Emeka

A Student Of Osun State Polytechnic, Iree, Osun State, has died after being hit by a trailer driver on Monday, April 15.

The Accident was said to have occurred when the driver, who was reportedly driving against traffic, collided with the motorcycle conveying a student named Olanrewaju Olatona and another passenger along the Ikirun-Osogbo road area of the state.

Due to the severe impact, Olanrewaju Olatona, a National Diploma 2 student, suffered fatal injuries. He died at the scene.

Olatona, who was the Financial Secretary of the Department of Mass Communication, was preparing for the one-year Industrial Training programme.

The driver fled the scene after the accident and has not been apprehended.

Subsequently, Osun State Polytechnic students organised a procession in front of the school gate and blocked the expressway for several hours.