The National Association of Seadogs, a humanitarian organisation, has condemned the slave trade in Libya, reports The Cable.
In a statement, the group said it finds it shocking that despite the abolition of slave trade, the practice is still on-going in Africa.
The National Association of Seadogs, NAS, also known as the Pyrates Confraternity in Lagos State, carried out a Lassa fever Awareness Campaign within the state, Saturday 26 August, 2017, to sensitise the public on the dangerous nature of the disease, following the embarrassing outbreak of the disease again this year in Nigeria that has claimed over 56 lives between January and August 2017.
The National Association of Seadogs (NAS) also known as the Pyrates Confraternity, Egbeda, Lagos State chapter, Saturday carried out a Lassa fever awareness campaign within the Alimosho Local Government Area of the state, to sensitise the public on the dangerous nature of the disease, following the embarrassing outbreak of the disease again this year in Nigeria that has claimed over 56 lives between January and August 2017 according to official records.
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Succour came the way of indigent pregnant women, children and people with limb problems as the National Association of Seadogs, NAS, distributed free birthing kits and crutches to them in Byazhin community, in Kubwa, on the outskirts of the Federal Capital Territory, Abuja.
The National Association of Seadogs, also known as Pyrates Confraternity, on Friday offered one year educational scholarship to two pupils of Community Secondary School in Akpabuyo Local Government Area of Cross River State.
The group had earlier on Thursday offered free medical check-up for tuberculosis and other ailments as well as dispensed drugs to 250 persons in Calabar.
The road to Amatolo in Southern Ijaw Local Government Area of Bayelsa State is bumpy and dusty. The road, constructed through self-efforts of the people, is passable only during the dry season. During the rains, the people of Amatolo and adjoining communities resort to the use of boats to reach their kith and kin in the affected communities. However, the bumpy road is not the only source of worry to the people.
The community lacks functional health facilities. Many narrated their harrowing experiences in trying to get medical care, either, in Oporoma, only accessible by the water, or Amassoma, accessible by road during dry season, and water during rainy season.
National Association of Seadogs, NAS, has appealed to the federal and state governments to come to the aid of children suffering from autism spectrum disorder. The association has also taken up the challenge of taking care of the education of three children having the challenge.
Following the collapse of a church building in Uyo, Akwa Ibom State, members of the National Association of Seadogs has donated 21 pints of blood to injured victims of the disaster.
The incident happened after the auditorium of the Reigners Bible Church caved in and reportedly claimed several lives while several others were injured.
The association said it responded to the urgent need to donate blood to the injured as there were complaints of shortage of blood in public facilities.
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