From Uche Nnorom, Makurdi
The Nigerian Association of Small and Medium Enterprises, NASME, in conjunction with the Development Bank of Nigeria,DBN Limited has trained over 150 persons in capacity and business entrepreneurship.
A press statement signed by NASME National Publicity Secretary Gaddafi Asemanya in Makurdi on Thursday, said the participants were drawn from Bauchi, Taraba and Kano States.
Gaddafi said the training was facilitated by the National President of NASME Dr Abdulrashid Yarima who appreciated the immense support of DBN for finding the association worthy of undertaking the capacity training program which he noted will go a long way in building and shaping the capacity & managerial skills of the participants.
Dr. Yarima urged the participants to always endeavor to imbibe current global standardization practice in areas of their businesses.
A participant from Kano
Binta Tanko Idris thanked the organization for the training programs, saying, “it has equipped me with good entrepreneurial knowledge and skills to manage my business”.
The stakeholders stated this during the commemoration of World Mosquito Day in Abuja yesterday, saying that they are determined to implement other preventive measures against malaria disease.
Speaking at the event , the Registrar, Environmental Health Council of Nigeria, Dr. Yakubu Baba, said creating more awareness is key, emphasizing that most locals in rural communities lack adequate knowledge on the dangers of mosquito as a vector.
Baba who was represented by Suleyman Fatima, an Environmental Health Officer said malaria is a great killer in Nigeria today and mosquito is the cause.
He expressed the council’s commitment to fight malaria through effective sanitation and awareness campaigns.
The Chairman Pest Control Association of Nigeria (PECAN), Federal Capital Territory (FCT) chapter, Terungwa Abari,
urged government at all levels and other public health stakeholders to implement other preventive measures against malaria disease, beyond the distribution of treated mosquito nets.
While creating awareness on the deadly disease and how to control the vector mosquito in Jahi 2, Abuja, Abari said the main purpose of the World Mosquito Day is to raise awareness about mosquito-borne diseases and their impact on global health in honour of Sir Ronald Ross’s discovery on August 20 in 1897 that anopheles mosquitoes transmit malaria.
He called on all stakeholders from the Government, Health Organizations, Environmental Health Practitioners, International Donor Agencies, Non-Governmental Organisations, Media Practitioners, Civil Society Organisations, Community based Associations, Faith based organisations, to synergise their efforts in tackling the world’s deadliest killer – the mosquito, through multi-pronged approaches.
