In pursuance of its campaign to eradicate malaria attack, the Ogun State Government has distributed some malaria prevention materials to selected secondary schools with boarding facilities across the State. Speaking during the exercise held at Abeokuta Grammar School, Commissioner for Health, Dr Olaokun Soyinka reaffirmed that the State government has a zero tolerance for malaria attack and was poised to do the needful to stop its menace. Represented by the Malaria Control Officer of the Ministry, Mrs. Olamide Adeyinka, Soyinka said 30 schools were being considered under the first phase of the exercise, revealing that 26 of such schools had already been given the materials including insecticide treated nets. He pointed out that if properly taken care of, the insecticide treated nets could be used for as long as four years and urged the benefiting students to reciprocate government’s gesture by taking adequate care of them. Soyinka also revealed that similar gesture would soon be extended to other secondary schools with boarding facilities, reiterating that a healthy student population remains an asset to any responsible government. Also speaking, the Ministry’s School Health Service Co-coordinator, Mrs. Sherifat Aminu said government’s gesture was borne out of the realization that school children are the worst hit of malaria attack, saying that the programme was structured to capture as many of them as possible. Schools that benefited from the exercise include Abeokuta Grammar School, Idi-Aba, Remo Secondary School Sagamu, Aiyetoro Grammar School and Adeola Odutola College among others.
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