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Leadership (Abuja)
25 July 2008
Posted to the web 25 July 2008
Ngozi Ata-Olori
Abuja
An Abuja-based non-governmental organisation 'Grassroots Developmental Organisation' (NDO), has solicited the assistance of government in its determination to eradicate the spread of HIV/AIDS at the grassroots of the Federal Capital Territory.
Speaking during an interactive session organised to educate the rural women and youth on how to prevent the dreaded disease and cope with the challenges in Tundun Wada, a suburb of the territory, the President of the organisation, Engr. Marcus Okah, reiterated that enlightenment campaign is the major key to fighting HIV/AIDS and other dreaded diseases in the society.
He said that often times, more emphasis is laid in urban communities while the rural communities are being neglected and ignored. Stressing that statistics have showed that rural people are more prone to infectious diseases because of their ignorance of preventive measures.
Okah informed that Grassroots Developmental Organisation was born out of a sincere desire to reach out to the rural communities and carryout enlightenment campaign on vital issues confronting the Nigerian society.
His words: "This organisation is determined to get the local communities involved in every day life. We want to give them a sense of belonging and incorporate them to issues and challenges in the Nigerian society. The Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) cannot be achieved if these ones are not reached".
He identified one of the challenges facing the organisation as inadequate finance to carry out the laudable objective, adding that majority of the people in rural areas are poor and cannot contribute towards this aim but rather expect to get everything free of charge.
He, therefore, called on government to assist the organisation in ensuring that their visions are met.
"It is not easy to reach the local communities, that is why people run away from such projects but we have decided to take the challenge, so we need the encouragement of FCTA and other corporate bodies because we are not a profit making organisation, ours is to contribute our quota towards making a change in the country", Okah said.
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He noted that the organisation has so far carried out interactive sessions in seven communities at the territory, saying that before the end of the year, all other remaining communities would be reached.
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