By joshua 
The Executive Director of Challanged Parenthood Initiative, Eunice Abimbola Agbogun has congratulated the Attah Igala, HRM Mathew Opaluwa on his installation as the new Attah of Igala land adding that, prayed that during his reign, the State and Igala Nation would experience prosperity.
Agbogun stated this when CPI paid him an advocacy visit in his palace to solicit the support of the Royal father to help in sensitizing the people on the importance of the Covid19 vaccine.
Agbogun noted that the objective of the advocacy is to enhance awareness on the efficacy of the covid-19 vaccine and mobilize target communities to increase demand uptake of the vaccines and to build the capacity of stakeholders on emerging issues in the fight against covid-19 and promote uptake of covid-19 vaccines.
Continuing, Agbogun said “In the wake of the emergence of the third wave of the COVID-19 Nigeria has begun to see a pandemic of two tracks – where the Delta variant is tearing through
unvaccinated populations. Despite the support by the COVAX Facility led by WHO and UNICEF who have so far delivered 3.9 million doses to Nigeria, the country has continued to suffer from the gross inequity in global vaccine access”.
“In the light of Kogi State’s effort at curtailing covid-19, the need to discuss strategies towards improving the uptake of covid-19 vaccination rate across the state has become necessary.
“The current COVID-19 case surge across other part of the Country has resulted on the need to encourage citizens of Kogi State to take up responsibilities of adhering to preventive measures aimed at avoiding the spread of COVID-19 from high burden state into Kogi State. Therefore, there is need for both State and Non State actors to provide the needed interventions to promote the uptake of the vaccines in particular”.
She told the monarch that it is a one year project which will witness a one day capacity building on the myths of covid-19, sensitization visit across the three senatorial district, radio programmes, press conference and amongst others.
Responding, the Attah Igala HRM, Mathew Opaluwa commended CPI in her efforts to combat the deadly covid-19 pandemic through the sensitization.
He stressed the need for collaborative effort in tackling the Covid19 scourge, promised to look into the request to sensitize his people on the need to accept the vaccines adding that, government and other key stakeholders should work hand in hand to achieve result.