Club trains Ogun pupils on malaria prevention

In its quest to roll-back malaria and other deadly diseases related in the entire South-West, an Ogun State-based humanitarian organisation, Mace Club of Nigeria, has equipped young Nigerians on how to prevent the deadly diseases, as well as to eradicate them in the state and the country at large.

The essay, quiz, and debate competitions, which marked the seventh edition of the empowerment programmes of the organisation, also featured several cultural values and instrumental displays by the pupils added glamour to the event, as some of the schools that attended the contest, thrilled dignitaries and colleagues with series of performances.

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The event held at the Abeokuta Grammar School, Idi-Aba, recently, had in attendance pupils from the six schools that qualified for the grand finale if the outfit’s debate and quiz competition. The secondary school that participated in the completion include, Baptist Boys High School, Sage, Abeokuta; Mayflower Secondary School, Ikenne; Alaba Lawson Royal College, Abeokuta; Taidob College, Asero, Abeokuta;  Methodist High School and Remo Secondary School, Sagamu.

However, Taidob College eventually emerged the competition with 36 per cent, while Mayflower Secondary School became the runner-up with 34 per cent. Baptist Boys High School, Saje, Abeokuta won the third position with 33 per cent; Remo Secondary School took the fourth position with 31.3 per cent.

Alaba Lawson Royal College, took the fifth position with 29 per cent marks, while the Methodist High School had the 24 per cent.

In his speech, the president of the club, Mace Sina Oyejobi, noted that the programme was to boost the initiatives of the pupils on how to identify and fight against malaria and other related diseases.

Oyejobi added that the union was committed and would not relent in assisting Nigerians, especially the younger generation through various humanitarian and educative programmes, adding that, “The need to initiate this competition is basically to expose the younger generation of the danger that the malaria scourge poses to humanity, especially to the Sub-Sahara Africa where it is the highest killer disease, and also to promote and encourage reading culture and the use of English.”

“On behalf of the club, I expressed our profound gratitude to everyone that have dignified us with their presence and found it worthy to identify with the club on this noble cause. A big thank you to all the stakeholders’ who have been instrumental in sustaining this legacy since inception,” he stated.

In her remarks, the representative of the Ogun State Malaria Control Programme and Roll Back Malaria Initiaitve, Mrs Olamide Adeyinka, acknowledged the organisers for enlightening the younger generation with the initiative, adding that, the deadly disease could be prevented and even be eradicated if Nigerians kept their environment tidy and neat.

“This is not a matter of competition. Everyone and even the younger generation are not exempted from cultivating the habit of keeping their body and environment neat at all time. Endeavour to see your doctor before taking any pills. This is the part of our campaign to eradicate malaria out of Ogun State and Nigeria as a whole. We are committed and we are ready to support anyone that share same goal with us,” Adeyinka said.