The Kwara State Government has set aside more than N700 million to tackle HIV/AIDS scourge in the state, the Commissioner for Health, Alhaji Issa Kayode, has said.
Kayode stated this in Ilorin on Friday at the inauguration of the State Management Team on HIV/AIDS.
Giving a breakdown of the amount, Kayode said N57 million would be spent for the establishment of a new centre for HIV/AIDS treatment in the state.
He said that N651.2 million was also set aside as the government’s counterpart fund to the National Agency for the Control of HIV/AIDS for the 2014 HIV/AIDs programmes.
He said that the Kwara State Agency for the Control of HIV/AIDS had purchased various equipment and test kits for the programme.
This, Kayode said, was to support government’s efforts in reducing the menace of the pandemic in the state.
Kayode said the inauguration of the State Management Team on HIV/AIDS programme would further ensure ownership and sustainability of the programme.
Dr. Johnson Adegboyega, Project Manager and Secretary of KWASACA, said the meeting was organised to sensitise and educate the people on the workings of the team.
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