No COVID-19 case in Kwara Leprosy settlement - Programme Manager

Date: 2020-07-28

Dr Rasheed Muhammed, the Programme Manager, Tuberculosis and Leprosy Control Programme in Kwara, on Monday says there is no COVID-19 case at the Leprosy Settlement in Omu-Aran, Irepodun Local Government Area.

In an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Ilorin, Muhammed disclosed that though the settlement had no records of the pandemic, the inmates were however feeling the impact of Coronavirus.

The expert on Tuberculosis and Leprosy control lamented that the people in the settlement have no means of income and what to feed their family members with.

He observed that before the COVID-19 pandemic, the inmates resorted to begging to survive but now that the pandemic was in the state, they could hardly see people around to beg.

"This is due to the lockdown and social distancing advised by the state government to curb the spread of the pandemic.

"COVID-19 has had great effect on the inmates, even though there are no cases, it has been difficult.

"Though some organisations have been to the settlement to distribute some food items," he said. According to him, the Damien Foundation in Nigeria, who specialised in caring for people with tuberculosis and Leprosy, has been coming to the assistance of the settlement.

Commending the state government for assisting the people, he however, observed that government alone cannot do everything.

Muhammed appealed to organisations and well meaning individuals in the society to come to the assistance of the settlement, adding that they were humans just like anybody.

He warned against stigmatising people living in the settlement, adding that the people do not have the disease anymore.

He explained that the disease had been cured already and what people see was only the effects that tend to deform them, adding that they cannot infect anybody.

 

Cloud Tag: What's trending

Click on a word/phrase to read more about it.

Donatus Ejidike     All Confederation Of Principals Of Secondary Schools     Ola Falade     Olatomiwa Williams     Fatimah Abdulkadir     Muhammed Akanbi     Funmilayo Braithwaite     Amuda Bembe     V.O. Abioye     Okin High School     NTA Ilorin     Raliat Islamic Foundation     Abubakar Lah     All Peoples Party     Rasheed Jimoh     Taibat Ayinke Ahmed     Babs Iwarere     Mansur Alfanla     Sardauna Of Ilorin     Haruna Tambiri Mohammed     Ilorin Talaka Parapo     Aliyu Muhammad Saifudeen     Ilesha Gwanara Road     Abdulkadir Remi Hawawu     Oke Sunna     Abiodun Jacob Ajiboye     Mohammed Jimoh Faworaja     Christopher Tunji Ayeni     Ilorin International Airport     Ahmed     Abdulganiyu AbdulAzeez     Akeem Lawal     Valsolar-Kwara Company Limited     Sulaiman Gado     Arca Santa     Olayinka Oladapo Jogunola     Muhammadu Gobir     Saadu Gbogbo Iwe     GRA     Owo Isowo     Al-Ilory     Bello Oyebanji     Kayode Ogunlowo     Najim Yaasin     Crystal Corner Shops     Salihu Yahaya     Ilorin South     Ahman Patigi     Oye Tinuoye     Aisha Gobir     Kwara Apc     Aishatu Ahmed Gobir     Geri-Alimi Split Diamond Interchange     General Tunde Idiagbon International Airport     Col. Taiwo     Ghali Alaaya     Majlis For Sadakah, Zakat And Waqf     National Information Technology Development Agency     Ganiyu Abolarin     Moses Rahman Popoola     NYSC     Abdulmumini Jawondo     Abdulhakeem Amao     Col. Ibrahim Taiwo     Rachael Obisesan     Funmilayo Zubair     Kulende     Lanre Aremu     Oyawoye     Ike Ekweremadu     Toyosi Thomas     AbdulGafar Tosho     Pakata Patriots     Ajibola Saliu Ajia     Mufti Of Ilorin     Sabi     Aisha Ahman-Pategi    

Cloud Tag: What's trending

Click on a word/phrase to read more about it.

Azeez Salawu     Ado Ibrahim     Mashood Abdulrafiu Agboola     Kolo     Onilorin     Ilorin     Imam Gambari     Sarah Jubril     National Party Of Nigeria     Joseph Daudu     Shao     Federal Polytechnic Offa     Ilorin Emirate Stakeholders Forum     Omoniyi M. Ayinla     Offa Metropolitan Club     Chief Imam Of Offa     Olupako Of Share     Isiaka Abdulrazak     Shettima     Baruba     Sulaiman Gado     Umar Saro     Busari Toyin Isiaka     Idowu Aremu     Akom Construction And Engineering Synergy Ltd     CUTI     Onilorin Of Ilorin     Bayer Nigeria Limited     Bashir Adigun     Kale Bayero     NaAllah     Sola Saraki Educational Foundation     Kwara State Fish Farmers Association     Ganiyu Taofiq     UNILORIN Alumni Association     Omotoso Musa     Rachael Obisesan     Elese Of Igbaja     SWAN     Abubakar Bature Sulu-Gambari     Deji Ajani     Kamoru Kadiri     Toun Okewale-Sonaiya     Baba Adini Of Kwara State     Oloyede     Samuel Adaramola     Eghe Igbinehi     Mustapha AbdulGaniyu     Olomu     Ilorin Emirate Staff Association     Oju Ekun Sarumi     MAI Akande     Volunteers Of Ilorin Community And The Emirate     Iyaloja-General     Aliyu Adebayo     Mohammed Lawal Bagega     Kwara State Television (KWTV)     Lithium Deposit     Sadiq Umar     Rueben Parejo     Sardauna     HYPPADEC     Raimi Iyanda     Unilorin FM     Moremi High School     Yomi Ogunsola     Freshvine Nigeria Limited     Na\'Allah     Durosinlohun Atiku     Hamza Usman     Lawal Arinola Kudirat     Emir Of Yashikira     Ilorin Amusement Park     Jare Olatundun     Hamid Bobboyi     Ishola Abdullahi     Muhammad Toyin Sanusi