BASF Supports Malaria Prevention In Jigawa With Mosquito Net Donation

BASF Supports Malaria Prevention In Jigawa With Mosquito Net Donation

As part of efforts to curb malaria prevalence among boarding school students in Jigawa State, an insecticide treated net (ITNs) manufacturing company, BASF, has donated mosquito nets to the students of Science and Technical College, Hadejia in the state.

Speaking while presenting the nets, the BASF Chief Executive Officer (CEO) Country Cluster, West Africa, Dr Jean-Marc Ricca, said the gesture is to protect the students against malaria while in school.

The chief executive officer explained that it is also to complement the state government and other partners’ efforts at reducing the prevalence of malaria in the state and the nation in general.

According to him, “I’m happy to present 800 number of ITNs to you as part of our contribution to prevent and curb prevalence of malaria; especially during this rainy season, where stagnant water and grasses are breeding mosquitoes is all over. We will also retrieve of old nets from the students to be recycled for other uses”.

Dr Jean-Marc Ricca added that “the exercise will be an opportunity for the students to discover recycling for a cleaner environment”.

He noted that the mosquito-treated nets donation is not part of the main ITNs distribution to households in the state, but a new component of it called ‘End of Life’, under which old nets are retrieved from communities for recycling for a cleaner and healthy environment.

Also, the Director Nature Conservation, Ministry of Environment, Mr Ibrahim Lawan, commended the manufacturers for retrieving the old nets for recycling, especially as they are not degradable.