Gombe State’s Fight Against Malaria receive commendation from Beneficiaries

The distribution of 2.3 million insecticide treated nets in the 11 LGAs of Gombe state has been completed successfully.

The beneficiaries commended the Federal Ministry of Health and the Gombe State Government for the gesture and asked the government to sustain the programme so that Nigeria will be free of Malaria disease.

Newsmen in Gombe state interacted with some beneficiaries in Gombe LGA and Akko, where they confirmed that they received the insecticide treated nets, and commended the processes and procedure of the exercise.

Muhammed Yerima, of State Low Cost, Gombe Local Government who has one wife and two kids acknowledged that his household received the insecticide treated nets (ITNs).

The Gombe Local Government Coordinator of the ITN distribution, Dr Ibrahim Audu Sadi said that the LGA distributed over 276,846 nets to households in Gombe Local Government

The ITN distribution exercise was supervised by the National Malaria Elimination Programme, and Gombe State Primary Health Development Agency.