Regina Daniels Now PDP Senator? Actress Accompanies Husband To Present Bill At NASS
- Regina Daniels was seen at the National Assembly on Wednesday, February 9, with some top senators
- The Nollywood actress disclosed that she accompanied her husband, Ned Nwoko, to the chamber to present a bill on malaria eradication
- The couple is presently making moves to see the birth of an Act that will help kick out the disease from Nigeria completely
A prominent Nollywood actress, Regina Daniels, on Wednesday, February 9, accompanied her husband, Ned Nwoko, to the National Assembly.
Regina on her Instagram page revealed that the mission at the legislative body was to present what she called the Malaria Bill for consideration and approval.
Source: Instagram
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She is hoping that the red chamber will make approve the bill and make it an act that will help in the eradication of the disease across Nigeria.
The young actress shared photos of herself, Nwoko, and some lawmakers including the deputy Senate president, Senate Ovie Omo-Agege.
She wrote on her page:
"I accompanied my husband to the National Assembly to present a Bill for an Act to establish an Agency that will handle the eradication of malaria in Nigeria."
Some persons have been led into believing that the talented actress is now a senator or at least is considering to be on the platform of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) to which her husband belongs.
WHO: Nigeria accounted for 27% of half of Malaria deaths worldwide in 2020
Meanwhile, in a message that would break the hearts of many Nigerians, the World Health Organisation (WHO) had disclosed that six countries, including Nigeria, accounted for around 50 percent of malaria deaths worldwide in 2020.
WHO disclosed this in its world malaria report released on Monday, December 6.
According to WHO’s latest report, there was an estimate of 241 million malaria cases and 627,000 malaria deaths — mostly of children under five — worldwide in 2020.
The 2020 figure represents about 14 million more cases in 2020, compared to 2019, and 69,000 more deaths.
The report read in part:
“About 96% of malaria deaths globally were in 29 countries. Six countries – Nigeria (27%), the Democratic Republic of the Congo (12%), Uganda (5%), Mozambique (4%), Angola (3%) and Burkina Faso (3%) – accounted for just over half of all malaria deaths globally in 2020."
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