Lokoja, Dec. 2, 2024 – About 50,000 people are currently living with HIV/AIDs in Kogi State.
Ibrahim Anate, the Acting Executive Secretary of Kogi State Agency for the Control of Aids, disclosed this in Lokoja on Monday during a road walk in commemoration of the 2024 World AIDS Day.
He said only 36,066 out of the infected persons were on treatment in the state
Anate said the state government was seriously fighting the scourge.
“We are seriously fighting the scourge and we are giving the awareness to all the community and the hard-to-reach areas of the awareness of HIV in Kogi State.
“The current administration is also striving to ensure that people who are positive in Kogi State will turn to negative.
“The government is seriously working hard by providing support to the Ministry of Health, and KOSACA to see that we take the campaign to the very hard-to-reach community and the community at large in Kogi State,” he said. (GBN)
