Some protesters under the aegis of Society for Women and Children Living with HIV/AIDS in Nigeria (SOWCHAN) on Tuesday invaded the Abuja venue of the first National Conference on HIV Prevention in Nigeria.
They were protesting against the poor attitude of the Federal Government towards the funding of the HIV/AIDS in Nigeria.
The group also called on President Muhammadu Buhari to appoint one of the people living with HIV/AIDS to an office to be created by the government.
The office, SOWCHAN said, should be known as Office of the Special Adviser to the President on HIV/AIDS.
“That is the person who will be providing the President with true situation on HIV response,” the protesters said.
The members of SOWCHAN, who trooped out in scores, ran towards a podium where the Minister of State for Health, Dr Osagie Ehanire, was billed to deliver a keynote address and almost disrupted his speech.
The spokesperson for the organisation, Mrs. Enya Attah, who has lived with the HIV/AIDS for 20 years and has three of her children negative to the disease, said the protest was “a wake-up call on the government to take full ownership of HIV funding.”
They were protesting against the poor attitude of the Federal Government towards the funding of the HIV/AIDS in Nigeria.
The group also called on President Muhammadu Buhari to appoint one of the people living with HIV/AIDS to an office to be created by the government.
The office, SOWCHAN said, should be known as Office of the Special Adviser to the President on HIV/AIDS.
“That is the person who will be providing the President with true situation on HIV response,” the protesters said.
The members of SOWCHAN, who trooped out in scores, ran towards a podium where the Minister of State for Health, Dr Osagie Ehanire, was billed to deliver a keynote address and almost disrupted his speech.
The spokesperson for the organisation, Mrs. Enya Attah, who has lived with the HIV/AIDS for 20 years and has three of her children negative to the disease, said the protest was “a wake-up call on the government to take full ownership of HIV funding.”
