Abuja - The Wife of the President, Aisha
Buhari, on Tuesday donated food items to
Persons Living with HIV/AIDS at the National
Hospital Abuja. This is contained in a statement signed by the
Director of Media to the president’s wife,
Malam Zakariya’u Nadabo. According to the statement, the president’s
wife made the donation when she visited the
hospital accompanied by the Wife of the Vice
President, Dolapo Osinbanjo. In her remarks, the first lady, noted that though
a lot of success had been recorded in curbing
the spread of the disease, there was the need
to continue increasing awareness on the
epidemic. She said that the donation was part of her
efforts to improve the health of Nigerians,
particularly women and children. Stressing that the health of every Nigerian was
paramount, Buhari urged medical experts to
provide necessary healthcare to people living
with HIV/AIDs, in all centres where they were
receiving treatment across the country. She called on corporate organisations,
development partners and Nigerians to
compliment the efforts of government in the
area of health to improve the sector. She added that the intervention had become
necessary to enable Nigeria attain zero level in
the areas posing threat to the health of
citizens. She commended corporate bodies and
international partners that had made donations
to alleviate the sufferings of vulnerable groups
and the Internally Displaced Persons (IDPs). Also Read: Aisha Buhari urges FG to pay N5,000 allowance to unemployed Buhari advised the patients to observe their
medication religiously to enable them remain
healthier and productive members of the
society. In her remarks, the Wife of the Vice President,
Osinbanjo, said that the initiative of Mrs Buhari
would tackle some of the health challenges
facing the country. The Chief Medical Director of the hospital, Dr
Jafaru Momoh, who received the items, said
the hospital had 12,000 patients registered at
the Special Treatment Clinic of the Hospital
with 9,000 adults while 3,000 are children. He solicited for more funding for HIV and other
related diseases in the hospital. Momoh commended the wife of the president
for the gesture which he said, would go along
way to cater for the patients. The items donated included 1,000 bags of rice,
hundreds of cartons of indomie noodles and
cooking oil among others. - NAN

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