World AIDS Day: Fayose’s wife canvasses increased help forAIDS/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.