World AIDS Day: Fayose’s wife canvasses increased help for AIDS/HIV victims

Wife of the Ekiti State governor, Mrs. Feyisetan Fayose has canvassed increased support in terms of medication and creation of awareness against stigmatization, for the patients of Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome (AIDS).

Mrs. Fayose made the call yesterday while marking the World AIDS Day in the state with the sub-theme: Stigma Ends With Me, at the Fajuyi Park in Ado-Ekiti, the state capital.
Noting that the state government was concerned about the need to support the fight against AIDS/HIV, she said: “Ekiti State Government is not unmindful of the barriers to the treatment and prevention of the disease some of which include stigmatizarion, lack of proper medication and support for awareness creation, among others.”
The state has been supporting the various agencies attending to cases of AIDS/HIV and will continue to do so. The state will particularly employ a multi-faceted approach in terms of creating awareness, medication and other logistics to prevent the disease from spreading, treating victims and creating anti-stigmatization awareness.”
Expressing gratitude to all the non-governmental organizations (NGOs) in the state for their support on the fight against AIDS, she urged stakeholders to put in more efforts to ensure that the disease was eradicated and advised everyone in the state to go for HIV/AIDS test.
Expressing gratitude to Mrs. Fayose and the state governor for their support for the National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) members in the state, Coordinator of the NYSC in the state, Mr. Tobias Ibeh, said the governor’s wife had been a mother to all corps members in the state through her support in spite of the paucity of funds of the state.
Project Manager of the event, Mr. Doherty Olusegun, said it was illegal for priests or other religious leaders to mandate prospective couples to go for HIV/AIDs test before marriage.