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| Super Eagles players celebrate a goal scored by Emmanuel Emenike at the 2013 AFCON in South Africa |
.Names Late Oliha as Anti Malaria Ambassador
NIGERIA’S Super Eagles this Saturday, will join thousands of people campaigning against
malaria scourge across the world.
The Nigeria Football Federation (NFF) announced on Tuesday it will use the crucial game
against the Flames in Calabar to support the campaign against the epidemic which claims
millions of lives all over the world yearly.
The football players for the two teams will carry several banners, 15 minutes before the
match kicks off, to create awareness about the dangers posed by the tropical disease.
The NFF President Aminu Maigari endorsed the anti-malaria campaign after a visit to that
country by a non-governmental organization, Global Dream, which is in the vanguard of
sensitizing the world to the dangers of malaria, through the use of mosquito nets.
Flames players to help support malaria
Malaria remains a health burden in endemic areas and in Malawi it is the major health
problem despite the country having a strong collective effort to mitigate the burden.
Maigari, alongside Nigeria’s First Lady Patience Jonathan, penned a register, which
would be sent to the UN Secretary General, Ban Ki Moon, on April 25, 2014, to support
the campaign.
About 12 million mosquito nets will be donated by Global Dream to the Super Eagles,
whose legendary striker, Thompson Oliha died recently due to malaria related
complications. The Super Eagles would also be conferred with Anti Malaria Ambassadorial
status.
