…Ododo targets discount of malaria prevalence to beneath 2%
By Rotimi Odofin
The Kogi State Government is about to distribute greater than 3.7 million Long-Lasting Insecticidal Nets (LLINs) freed from cost to households throughout the 21 Local Government Areas of the state as a part of renewed efforts to scale back malaria prevalence and strengthen illness prevention.
The distribution train, scheduled for official flag-off on Saturday, November 7, 2026, will see the deployment of roughly 3.8 million mosquito nets, packaged in 76,000 bales, with every bale containing 50 nets, to communities throughout the state.
The Coordinating Commissioner for Health, Dr. Abdulazeez Adams Adeiza, disclosed this on Monday, November 2, throughout an inspection of the consignment on the warehouse in Lokoja, the place the nets are being ready for transportation to the varied native authorities areas.
The intervention is aimed toward guaranteeing that households throughout Kogi State have entry to the important malaria prevention commodity, significantly susceptible populations, together with youngsters below 5 and pregnant girls.
The state authorities stated the mass distribution was a part of its sustained funding in malaria prevention and management, constructing on latest progress in decreasing the burden of the illness.
Recall that the Kogi State Government had earlier introduced that malaria prevalence amongst youngsters below 5 declined considerably from 16 per cent in 2021 to 8.9 per cent in 2025, in accordance to a latest examine.
The authorities attributed the development to sustained interventions and the dedication of Governor Ahmed Usman Ododo’s administration to strengthening healthcare supply, increasing preventive providers and bettering entry to important well being commodities.
Governor Ododo urged residents to take possession of the intervention by guaranteeing that the nets are correctly used and maintained to defend their households in opposition to mosquito bites and malaria an infection.
He emphasised that the success of the train would rely not solely on the distribution of the nets but additionally on their constant use by households throughout the state.
The governor reaffirmed his administration’s dedication to scale back malaria prevalence in Kogi State to beneath two per cent whereas guaranteeing high quality, accessible, reasonably priced and out there healthcare providers for residents.
The state authorities additionally expressed appreciation to the Malaria Consortium, the Federal Ministry of Health and different well being improvement companions for his or her technical and operational assist in direction of decreasing malaria transmission and advancing the aim of malaria elimination in Nigeria.
Those who accompanied the Coordinating Commissioner throughout the warehouse inspection included the Director of Public Health, Dr. Akpa; State Malaria Elimination (*21*) Officer, Dr. Ake; Team Lead of the Kogi State Logistics Management Coordinating Unit, Pharmacist Rose; and members of the administration staff of the Malaria Consortium.
The authorities referred to as on residents, group leaders and different stakeholders to assist the distribution train and be sure that the mosquito nets attain their supposed beneficiaries.
