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LEADERSHIP DEVELOPMENT PROGRAMME: THE NIGERIAN EXPERIENCE Advocacy and Sensitization To ensure participation of various stakeholders in achieving the goal of the LDP programme the groups put a number of advocacy and sensitization strategies in place. This approach was very effective in getting religious, community and government leaders committed and involved in the fight against the HIV & AIDS pandemic and yielded Responses from the various agencies as summarized below: 1. The First Lady, Her Excellency Mrs Stella Obasanjo, invited the Kogi State Government to nominate two (2) children orphaned by HIV & AIDS for scholarship. A participant at the 1st LDP training headed the committee set up by the government to nominate the potential beneficiaries. In the course of the implementation of one of the Breakthrough Initiatives – an aggressive sensitization campaign in the communities, he came to know many orphans and vulnerable children. His committee was able to take a quick decision on the would-be beneficiaries, as the criteria used to select the nominees did not meet with any opposition. 2. In Bauchi State, the Governor approved the release of N10 million as a take off grant for the State SACA. In addition, the wife of the Governor led the advocacy team to the twenty (20) Local Government Areas in the state on need to put in place measures to combat the disease 3. In Kogi State, the Governor issued a directive that all ministries and local governments should allocate at least 2-5% of their budget for HIV & AIDS control and prevention 4. The Chairman of Umuahia North Local Government Area of Abia state gave a commitment to provide VCCT services in the Local Government Area; he also promised to commit resources into the PLWHA support group that was formed 5. In Abia State, the Head of Service issued a circular to all ministries that all staff should be educated on HIV & AIDS 6. The Media bosses in Kogi State and Cross River States have allowed all messages on HIV & AIDS to be aired or printed free of charge. 7. The Bill establishing NACA is enjoying enhanced movement in the National Assembly due to the participation in the leadership training of some federal legislators who were part of the government group from FCT Abuja. 8. The traditional institution in Cross River State has taken ownership of the program and is driving the sensitization process at the community level. 9. By the end of the third session 8 religious committees were established across 6 states. PLWHA/PABA/OVC 1. For the first time and as a result of the Bis, support groups for PLWHAs were formed in Kogi State and in one local government in Abia State (Umuahia North) and in Bwari area council of the FCT. Home Based Care - some participants of the LDP also trained the relations of some PLWHA in Bauchi on home-based care. 7 .
LEADERSHIP DEVELOPMENT PROGRAMME: THE NIGERIAN EXPERIENCE 2. A member of the Initiative group made an anonymous donation of a scholarship for university education to an HIV & AIDS orphan. Condom Distribution The government group in Bauchi State after sensitization of the civil servants approached the Society for Family Health (SFH) and were given packets of condoms for distribution. This was carried out in a discreet way – the packets of condoms were left in the toilets and were refilled when they got exhausted. VCCT A group in the FCT worked with another agency (Center for Right to Health) to make VCCT services available in the communities in Bwari where sensitization campaigns were being carried out. Out of 45 members who volunteered for VCCT, 3 tested positive 2 females and one male. Six (6) other persons who had known their HIV status before the campaign openly declared their status and joined the three to constitute the first support group in the community. Media 1. The journalists in the FCT media group have worked on “correct reporting language for HIV & AIDS” as a means of reducing stigma and discrimination. A total of 300 journalists have been sensitized, leaflets have been produced and the leaflets are in high demand by the general public. Reporting on HIV & AIDS has improved since. 2. Radio Kogi started a Radio phone in program "HIV & AIDS and You" The first program featured a PLWHA. This has helped to disseminate correct information about the disease, break the silence and encouraged PLWHAs to come out for counselling and assistance. 3. NTA Lokoja, Kogi State has started preparation for the airing of a program “Not the end of the Road” as a way of informing the people about HIV & AIDS 8 .
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