World Malaria Day 2025: Ned Nwoko Foundation, Federal Ministry of Health & WHO Lead National Awareness Walk

Today, to mark World Malaria Day 2025, the Ned Nwoko Foundation, in partnership with the Federal Ministry of Health, the World Health Organization (WHO) and other stakeholders, led a high-profile Malaria Awareness Walk in Abuja. Coordinated by the National Malaria Elimination Programme (NMEP), the event rallied government officials, civil-society groups, corporate partners and community volunteers under the global theme “Malaria Ends with Us: Reinvest, Reimagine, Reignite”  .

The walk underscored the critical need for cross-sector collaboration to finally eliminate malaria as a public-health threat in Nigeria.

“This walk is more than a symbol,” said Mr. Chukwuebuka Anyaduba, National Coordinator of the Ned Nwoko Malaria Project. “It demonstrates our collective resolve to harness every available resource; public, private and community, to drive down malaria cases to zero.”

Key Highlights:

 • Policy Momentum: Senator Nwoko has sponsored the National Agency for Malaria Elimination (NAME) Bill, which successfully passed its First Reading in the Nigerian Senate. The legislation proposes a dedicated body to oversee nationwide eradication efforts through integrated strategies spanning health, environment, education and private-sector participation.

 • Multi-Stakeholder Engagement: The event brought together senior officials from the Federal Ministry of Health, WHO Country Office, NMEP, private-sector champions and grassroots malaria-control advocates.

“Malaria remains one of our nation’s greatest public-health challenges,” remarked Chukwuebuka Anyaduba. “Through legislation, advocacy and on-the-ground action, we will ensure that no Nigerian family loses a loved one to a disease we know how to prevent.”

The march was concluded with a ministerial press briefing in Abuja.

As the global community commemorates World Malaria Day, the Ned Nwoko Foundation and its partners urge all Nigerians; government agencies, private sector organizations, faith-based groups and individual citizens to sustain momentum. Only through renewed funding, innovative partnerships and grassroots ownership can we make malaria history.