The Lagos State Aids Control Agency (LSACA) and Nigerian Business Coalition Against Aids (NIBUCAA) has called on Nigerian businesses and their workers not to forget the dangers of HIV/Aids because of the covid-19 pandemic that is ravaging the globe.

The duo of Dr Oladipo Fisher of LSACA  and the Chief Executive Officer NIBUCAA, Mr Isaiah Owolabi who made the above assertion at a Two- day HIV/Aids training for Private sector workers in Lagos state held at LCCI Exhibition Centre, Alausa-Lagos said that every business out-fit should have an HIV work-place policy in order to eradicate or ameliorate the havoc caused by  HIV/Aids in our workplaces.

Dr Fisher noted that LSACA is ever ready to collaborate with the private sector to stem the ravages of HIV/Aids in our workplace, saying that with adequate commitment by the Nigerian people that HIV could be defeated.

According to him current data shows that the youths are where we find the most incidents and his agency has been collaborating with the nation’s ,private sector, government and multi-lateral  agencies in the battle against HIV in the population.

Going further, he praised the Various Past Governors of Lagos and the incumbent ,Babajide Sanwo-Olu for supporting LSACA since inception with needed funding, stressing that its funding at a point went up by 400%.Nevertheless,he pointed out the fact that with the current pandemic funding would be problematic going forward.

On his part Owolabi urged businesses to up the ante-in the battle against HIV/Aids, saying that we should not leave any stone unturned in the battle as health is wealth and that HIV positive people should not be stigmatised at the workplace since the disease is manageable.

He emphasized the need for big, small and medium sized companies to have HIV/Aids policy in place in the overall interest of the nation and the companies, urging workers to volunteer to speak up in our work places for the eradication of the disease.

Finally, it was the views of Owolabi that with the understanding and capacity the world have on HIV/Aids that it could be eradicated but there are doubts on whether we have the commitment to see it through, disclosing that out of 1.9million Nigerians who are HIV positive 600,000 are not aware of their status.