The Lagos State Government has commenced a local government advocacy campaign to promote voluntary blood donation as a lifestyle, urging residents to donate regularly to ensure blood is available when urgently needed.
According to a statement by the Lagos State Government on Thursday, the campaign, being coordinated by the Lagos State Blood Transfusion Service, began on Monday with an advocacy walk and one-on-one sensitisation at Jubilee Bridge and Jubilee Market in Ajah, Eti-Osa Local Government Area.
The Executive Secretary of the LSBTS, Dr Bodunrin Osikomaiya, said the Eti-Osa exercise was the first of 10 advocacy and sensitisation programmes planned across the state’s 20 local government areas.
The statement read, “The initiative was designed to raise awareness about voluntary blood donation while providing residents with opportunities to donate through the blood mobile stationed at the venue or at designated government hospitals.”
It added that the campaign would extend to other parts of the state, including Ojo, Ibeju-Lekki, Badagry, Epe and Lagos Island.
