ABOUT 80 per cent of students are positive to the dreaded Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV) which caused AIDS (Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome), a disease that has killed millions of people world-wide including Nigeria.
This was disclosed at the 2nd Edition of Catch Them Young (CTY) 2011 programme agenda organised by Shell Women’s Network (SWN), held in Lagos recently.
Over 500 secondary school students from 28 colleges attended the programme at MUSON Centre, Shell Hall, Onikan, with the theme as — “Your Future is in your Hands” Shell Women’s Network is a volunteer organisation consisting of Shell companies in Nigeria employees who seek to create an enabling platform for its members to develop, mentor others and grow professionally.
Mrs. Sarah Ajose-Adeogun, National Co-ordinator, SWN, said that through the programme, they hope to inspire
“In education, in life partners and in a great future in general, by making a conscious decision today that no matter the obstacles, you will achieve because you have the power to do so, because your future is in your hands and the decisions you make today will decide what that future will be — good or bad,” she told the audience in her welcome address.
Giving the HIV/AIDS talk, Mrs. Jennifer Olorunsola of Peer Health Educators, said the first reported case of AIDS in Nigeria was in 1986.
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