Malaria Consortium Names Kogi First Lady ITN Ambassador

Kogi State governor, Alhaji Ahmed Usman Ododo, has flagged off the 2026 Insecticide-Treated Nets (ITNs) Mass Distribution Campaign, targeting 3,810,985 mosquito nets for 1,130,935 households across the state’s 21 local government areas.
The exercise, held over the weekend at the Government House, Lokoja, also featured the investiture of the First Lady, Hajia Sefinat Usman Ododo, as Kogi State ITN Ambassador by Malaria Consortium, in recognition of her role in promoting malaria prevention.
At the ceremony, Governor Ododo described malaria as a major public health challenge and a threat to economic prosperity, noting that the disease remains one of the leading causes of hospital visits ...