20 Cases Of Leprosy Recorded In Kogi State

Kogi State has recorded 20 cases of leprosy.

This was disclosed by the Kogi State Programme Officer of Leprosy Mission Nigeria (LMN), Hannah Fashona, who stated that the Federal Government has failed to launch any leprosy elimination campaign.

She added that most cases of leprosy in Nigeria are largely children, stating that most of the sufferers do not "come in early" until it has moved to "grade one or grade two disabilities."

She said, “The issue in Nigeria is not limited to leprosy alone. The Federal Ministry of Health recently said they have recorded zero elimination campaign of leprosy, whereas, day in day out, we record new cases of which children are largely involved.

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“Some of these patients don’t come when it is early, they come when it is either grade one or grade two disabilities. They must have consulted herbalists before somebody will refer them to our referrer centre at Ochadamu, for them to get solution.

“The Federal Government has to come in to achieve that zero elimination campaign. It should not be by lip service.

“Over 80 households across the three senatorial districts will benefit from these palliatives. It will reduce hunger."