Lokoja, Nigeria: Nigeria‘s Kogi State Government committed to providing the support and enabling environment needed to eliminate malaria in the state during a media parley on Friday, April 24, 2026.
Okay News reports that Nigeria‘s Kogi State Commissioner for Health, Dr. Abdulazees Adeiza, represented by Maji Enok, the Permanent Secretary in the Ministry of Health, delivered the assurance during an event organised by the Famkris Healthcare Initiative and the Kogi Malaria Elimination Programme to mark 2026 World Malaria Day.
“Kogi state is ever ready to demonstrate the political will required to support efforts aimed at ending the disease,” Enok said.
Enok said the administration maintains an open-door policy to ensure the success of elimination programmes across the state’s three senatorial districts.
“The state government had met its obligations by paying counterpart funding to donor agencies supporting the malaria elimination project,” Enok said.
The Director of the Malaria Elimination Programme, Dr. Stephen Ake, disclosed that personnel are conducting free testing, treatment, and distribution of malaria commodities across 239 wards.
“The 2026 focus would include training and recruitment of health personnel, as well as expanded awareness campaigns on malaria prevention,” Ake said.
The State Team Leader of Famkris Healthcare Initiative on Malaria Elimination, Dr. Salamatu Yahaya, said operations covered both urban and rural communities and urged vulnerable groups to utilise the ongoing malaria service delivery programme.
