Kwara sets to distribute Insecticide treated nets for all households.

The dream of all households in Kwara State to benefit from the year 2020 gree distribution of long lasting insecticide treated Nets will become a reality in the next few days.

This was disclosed by Dr. John Ocholi during a media advocacy meeting at the Kwara State Ministry of Health, Ilorin on Tuesday.

Speaking at the parley, Dr. Ocholi, who is also the Malaria Project Manager of the Society for Family Health said the net distribution will soon kick off in the State.

Ocholi applauded the Kwara State Governor, Mallam AbdulRahman AbdulRazaq for providing logistic support which had made Kwara State eligible for the long lasting insecticide treated nets.

In his remarks, the Commissioner for Health, Dr. Raji Razaq called on the media representative to contribute actively in orientating the populace on the use of this cost effective strategy in malaria prevention and to compliment the investment of the state government in healthcare delivery as a whole.

The Commissioner, who was represented by the Director of Public Health, Dr. Oluwatosin Fakayode, appreciated the media for their support and asked for more interventions to compliment the success of the net distribution.

The Commissioner also revealed that a counterpart fund of N82 million naira had earlier been paid as counterpart fund to attract insecticide nets worth over N3 billion naira for the state while Kwara has also been elevated to a global fund subrecipient status in the Country.

Also Speaking, the State Director of Information Services, Alh. Ayobami Akanbi reiterated the readiness of Information Officers to project the good work of the State Government.

Alh. Akanbi assured that the state government is now more concerned about good health care delivery service of the people in all ramifications.

The Director of Public Orientation, Alh. Abdulfatai Adeniyi Dan- kazeem said the State Ministry of Communications is well equipped with orientation personnel who are determined to discharge their professionalism in this regards.

He affirmed that the treated net is safe and advised the people to comply with the instructions, adding that the state government has done a lot to improve the health condition of the masses.