The Centre for Wounded Servicemen and Fallen Heroes Support Fund over the weekend in Abuja donated 300 insecticide treated mosquito nets to widows of dead military officers.
The board chairman of the centre, Major General Cecil Esekhaigbe (rtd) said the gesture was to bring succour and relief to the widows of fallen heroes.
The board chairman who was represented by the Ezekiel Adi, added that the centre aims to complement the effort of the federal government in catering for the families of fallen heroes.
Citing World Health Organisation (WHO) he said, “Malaria remains a significant public health challenge in Nigeria with estimated 97 million cases and 300,000 deaths annually.”
He said as “a matter of urgency, the centre will continue tonight this arch enemy called malaria to achieve zero malaria by 2030, in line with the World Health Organisation’s goal.”
He noted that successful control of malaria would increase productivity, improve health, reduce school absenteeism, reduce poverty amongst the widows and children of fallen heroes and facilitate the attainment of the sustainable development goals.
In her acceptance speech, the president of the Military Widows Association (MiWA) Mrs Veronica Aluko thanked the centre for choosing to support military widows kick mosquitoes and malaria out.
“I want to say a very thank you to the centre. There are lots of people outside that they can easily go to donate these things to but they came back to their family, the wounded soldiers and the fallen heroes’ widows. So, I want to say a very big thank you on behalf of military widows’ association, we accept this gift with a lot of gratitude to them now we are going to kick mosquitoes out and kick malaria out at least sickness is going to be far from us,” she said.
