By Ahmad Umar
Jama’atu Nasril Islam (JNI), in Gombe State north-east of the country has pledged to partner with government agencies and relevant NGOs for the success of malaria elimination program.
The state secretary of the JNI, Saleh Danburam gave the assurance while receiving the Long Lasting Insecticidal Net (LLIN) campaign team comprising the Gombe State Malaria Elimination Programme, National Malaria Elimination Programme and the Catholic Relief Services.
He said Islam is a religion that encourages and ensures the health of the people, thus the JNI supports any government policy that will boost the health status of the nation.
Earlier, the campaign team had said thst they were at the JNI office to solicit support and cooperation in the ongoing distribution of treated mosquito nets to curtail the menace of malaria, adding that over two million (2,000,000) treated mosquito nets were earmarked for free distribution across the state.
A member of the team. Ubayo Ali, Advocacy Communication and Social Mobilization Officer of the Gombe State Malaria Elimination Programme urged the JNI to help in mobilizing and sensitizing the populace to collect and use the nets correctly every night and all year round for a malaria free Gombe state.
In his contribution, the Head of the Murshaid department of the Gombe JNI Justice Usman Baba Liman (rtd) said they would sensitize the people on the importance of the nets and relevant information on the house to house registration and issuance of FREE net cards to beneficiaries as well as the FREE net distribution/collection dates.