The Ekiti State Commissioner for Education Science and Technology, Mr.
Foluso Daramola, has said that his Ministry will work in collaboration
with Ekiti State Aids Agency Control (EKSACA) to sustain the low
prevalence of HIV in the state.
The Commissioner made this known during a courtesy visit by the
Management of Ekiti State Aids Control Agency (EKSACA) in Ado-Ekiti.
Mr. Foluso Daramola said that the Ministry will assist in the area of
giving prominence to Sex Education Curriculum in Senior Secondary
Schools, adding that schools that are yet to establish AIDS Clubs
should urgently do so and make it functional in order to reduce the
spread of HIV in the society.
He called on EKSACA to embark on an aggressive advocacy and awareness
campaign to all parts of the state on the dangers associated with the
spread of the disease.
The Commissioner disclosed that his Ministry will also assist EKSACA
to get accurate reports from schools through the Area Education
Offices spread across the 16 Local Government Areas of the State.
Earlier in his address, the Project Manager of the Ekiti State Aids
Agency Control (EKSACA), Dr. Charles Doherty, said that about (#50
million) fifty million has been expended on advocacy, sensitization
and awareness campaign on how to reduce the spread of HIV in Ekiti
State.
Dr. Doherty expatiated that the said amount was expended from 2016 to
2018 through 135 various organizations out of which #3.5 million was
spent by the Ministry of Education.
The Program Manager advised that with the expiration of funding of the
programme by the World Bank and other international donors, all hands
must now be on deck to sustain the low prevalence.
Dr. Doherty sought the support of the Ministry of Education Science
and Technology in the area of encouraging the school administrators in
both public and private schools across the State to key into the
vision and mission of his agency at reducing HIV prevalence in the
state to the minimal level.
High points of the meeting was the presentation of 2015/16 annual
report, compendium of HPDP II achievements and success story and final
evaluation report of the Ekiti State HIV and AIDS strategic plan for
action 2017-2021 by the Programme Manager.
