Mr Shu’aibu appreciated the commitment and zeal shown by all the stakeholders towards achieving the set goals and objectives.
Ms Bature noted that access to eye care remained a challenge, with only 4.4 per cent of Nigerians getting eye health services as against 38 per cent in middle-income countries.
The mass administration of the drugs will begin in November
The commissioner disclosed this at an event to mark the ‘2023 World Neglected Tropical Diseases (NTDs) Day’ on Saturday in Lafia.
Some 23 million Nigerian children have received the seasonal malaria chemoprevention to reduce severe malaria.
