The Director General of the National Centre for the Control of Aids (NACA), Dr. Gambo Aliyu has disclosed that over 40,000 people are on antiretroviral drugs for the control of HIV in Kaduna State.
Speaking at a one-day multi-stakeholder dialogue organised by the Nigerian Network of Religious Leaders Living with or Personally Affected by HIV/AIDS (NINERELA+) in Kaduna on Tuesday, the DG who was represented by the NACA Zonal Coordinator, Mr. Tobias John, raised the alarm that the donors would stop providing drugs for the vulnerable group in two years.
He said, “Nigeria has achieved epidemic control where the people who have funded this response for over 25 years are telling us that they are going back to their country because the coronavirus killed more of them than Africans and they cannot continue spending taxpayers resources on African and Latin Americans.
He urged the government and other key stakeholders to begin strategies on a way forward after the donors leave to continue to ensure communities are HIV free.
