Malaria: I’ve finished discussion with pilots who will fumigate Nigeria- Nwoko

***Says 5 African universities’ll begin research on malaria vaccine February

TRACKING____Billionaire philanthropist, Ned Nwoko, said he had concluded arrangements with pilots he contracted to fumigate Nigeria on Malaria eradication.

Nwoko said he has equally had discussion with scientists that will research on malaria with a view to developing vaccines that will arrest the scourge in the African continent.

The businessman said these when he spoke to reporters Sunday night at the Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport, Abuja, on his arrival to Nigeria from an expedition to Antarctica.

He said he was accompanied by a team of scientists from Russia, India, China, the United States of America and Britain to Antarctica, explaining that the trip was aimed at eradicating malaria not only from Nigeria, but the African continent as a whole.

He said deep research would begin in five African universities by February, to develop malaria vaccine for Nigeria and Africa as a whole.

While insisting that malaria vaccine was very important to eradicate the malaria scourge totally from the continent, he noted that the first phase of the malaria eradication process which involves fumigation of the country was a serious project that requires the input of all individuals and the three tiers of government.

“Antarctica is a continent about the same size as Africa. I was there first to create awareness on the eradication of malaria which is a big problem in Nigeria and other parts of Africa.

While in Antarctica, I had meetings with some scientists because this project involes two solutions; we must clean up Nigeria, we must fumigate Nigeria, we must look at all the sanitation that has to be done to clean up Nigeria.

“The second which is the most Important one is the research that i believe should be conducted in about five universities across the continent for the single purpose of trying to discover a vaccine for malaria.