The Federal Government has spent N26bn on procurement and distribution of 29 million treated Insecticides Treated Nets to 17 states in 17 months, in an effort to combat malaria.
The Coordinator, Roll Back Malaria Programme, Dr. Babajide Coker, told the News Agency of Nigeria that money spent so far was from the inception of the programme in 2009 to date.
He explained that the RBM programme could not cover the whole country simultaneously due to financial constraints, “hence the need to put the states in waves.”
He added, “As of today, the LLIN distributions have taken place in 17 states and we have distributed nearly 30 million nets in those states.”
