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Home |   About Us |   Contact Us |   Members |   Search |   Subscribe |   Disclaimer |   THE GUARDIAN CONSCIENCE, NURTURED BY TRUTH LAGOS, NIGERIA.     Wednesday, August 04 2004   news   editorial/opinion   policy & politics   focus/record   business   sports   capital market   metro   arts   money watch   energy   maritime   Guardian Chat Click to join the chatroom 040804 today: HIV/AIDS scourge alarming in C'River, says Duke From Anietie Akpan, Calabar GOVERNOR Donald Duke of Cross River State yesterday in Calabar decried the alarming rate of the HIV/AIDS scourge in the state, saying that if care was not taken, the state may be wiped out in the next 10 years. The governor raised this alarm on Monday while flagging off the anti HIV/AIDS campaign in the state. He said that the campaign on sanitation and HIV/AIDS was not that of the government or of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) alone but of the people of the state. He stressed that the young and the old must be responsible for cleanliness of the environment. He warned that AIDS was real and urged the people to be pro-active in checking the scourge, since there was no cure for the disease. He added that for the state to realise its tourism potentials, "it must remain clean, green and AIDS free." Duke called on women in the state to take the campaign seriously and ensure that the culture of cleanliness, for which the state is known, is further inculcated into men and children. He said the crusade against a dirty environment was total, and stressed that even if the state was rated as the cleanest in the country, a lot still needed to be done. On tourism, the governor said the state would soon witness an influx of tourists, as work was already at advanced stages at Marina, Tinapa and the Obudu Ranch Resort, which is already a tourist haven. In her remark, the governor's wife Onari said the state was distinct in several ways, but regretted that it was now rated as the highest in HIV/AIDS scourge. She called on the people of the state to fear God and be careful with their bodies in order to be HIV/AIDS free. The governor's wife appealed to the people of the state not to stigmatise those living with AIDS but to show them love and care. � 2003 - 2004 @ Guardian Newspapers Limited (All Rights Reserved).  Powered by dnetsystems.net dnet�

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