US donates 1.6m bed nets to Nasarawa

The United States government has donated 1.6 million bed nets for distribution in Nasarawa State. The bed nets, valued at $4.5 million, will be distributed in all local government areas of the State, said a statement from the US Embassy Abuja yesterday.

The insecticide treated bed nets were provided through the President’s Malaria Initiative (PMI) jointly implemented by the United States Agency for International Development (USAID) and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC).

The U. S. government also provided an additional $1million for logistics, including transportation of the nets, community mobilization and training of workers on how to distribute the bed nets.

These nets and logistics support are gifts from the American people to the people of Nasarawa State, the statement said.