The Nigerian Govt has announced that the highest rates of #HIV and AIDS is no longer Benue state at 1 million/300,000 kids mostly due to homosexuals stigmatized with no education about protection.
The NEW HIV/AIDS capital of Nigeria is RIVERS state of Nigeria. Rotimi Amaechi, lets work. I am an HIV/AIDS Procare Pharmacist Dr A. Olukemi Omololu-Olunloyo#HNNhealth
Rivers statistics point to all HETEROSEXUALS. Focus on that rather than stignmatizing gays all over the country.The annual survey, which was conducted to monitor the HIV/AIDS epidemic among the country’s population, also monitors other sexual and reproductive health indicators.
Rivers State leads other states of the country with a prevalence rate of 15.2 per cent.
The Minister of Health, Onyebuchi Chukwu, who was represented by the Permanent Secretary of the ministry, Mr. Sani Bala, at the national dissemination of the findings of the survey in Abuja on Thursday, said the results from the survey was a reflection of the efforts by the Federal Government in the fight against HIV/AIDS in the country.
The survey indicated that, “Compared with the 3.6 per cent in 2007, about 3.4 per cent of Nigerians are currently living with HIV/AIDS, with 3.2 per cent in urban and 3.6 per cent in the rural areas; 2.9 per cent among young people aged 15-19 years.”
Taraba State ranked second with a prevalence rate of 10.5 per cent, followed by Kaduna State with 9.2 per cent; Nasarawa state, 8.1 per cent and the Federal Capital Territory with 7.5 per cent.
Ekiti State, however, has the lowest prevalence rate of 0.2 per cent; Zamfara State, 0.4 per cent; Bauchi State, 0.6 per cent; and Ogun State, 0.6 per cent.
The Rivers State government however expressed doubts over the statistics as they are still in DENIAL. Meanwhile Abuja has now made it to the Top 5 position. Prostitution is heavy over there. Taraba, kaduna and Nasarawa are Northern states and the incidence there has to do with a measure of homosexuality and illiteracy plus infidelity.
We are still winning the war but Nigeria remains #2 in Africa.
With files from Punch.
