A5 Sickle Cell Support Initiative

PUBLIC ANNOUNCEMENT (Press Release)!!!

A5 Sickle Cell Support Initiative Launches “A5 10-Year Warrior Support Trust” to Establish a Sickle Cell Support Centre by 2035

The A5 Sickle Cell Support Initiative is proud to announce the official launch of the “A5 10-Year Warrior Support Trust”, an ambitious decade, long funding project to establish the A5 Sickle Cell Support Centre by 2035.

This Centre will serve as a dedicated hub where individuals living with Sickle Cell Disorder will access free medications, quality medical care, counseling, and community outreach services.

The launch event will take place on:

Date: Sunday 21st December, 2025.

Venue:Potiskum Local Government Secretariat (Town Hall),Potiskum, Yobe State, Nigeria.

Time: 10:00AM - 01:00PM (WAT).

With:

Fathers of the day
-His Highness, Alhaji Ali Adamu Fika (Wazirin Fika)

-His Highness, Alhaji Ali Mohammed Guza (Wazirin Pataskum).

Special Guests of Honor
-Dr. Mohammed Goje (Executive Secretary, Yobe State Emergency Management Agency-YOSEMA).
-Dr. Babagana Kundi Machina (Executive Secretary, Yobe State Primary Healthcare Management Board)

Guest of Honor:
-Umar Wakil Yusufari
(State Focal Person Non communicable Diseases, Yobe State Primary Healthcare Board Damaturu).
Department:(Immunization and Diseases Control
NCD Unit)

Dignitaries, government agencies, and official partners will be in attendance, including:

-Yobe State Government
-Yobe State Emergency Management Agency (YOSEMA).
-Yobe State Contributory Healthcare Management Agency (YSCHMA).
-Yobe State Primary Healthcare Management Board.
-Yobe State Hospital Management Board.
-North East Development Commission (NEDC).
-Yobe State Ministry of Health.
-Fika Emirate Council.
-Pataskum Emirate Council.
-Tikau Emirate Council.
-Fune Emirate Council.

Official Partners (CBOs) include: - Global Action Network for Sickle Cell & Other Inherited Blood Disorders (GANSID).
-Sickle Cell Foundation of Nigeria.
-Potiskum PARLIAMENT
-Kano State Sickle Cell Awareness Initiative.
-Sickle Cell Home Katsina
-Borno Sickle Cell Care Foundation.
-Sickle Cell Disease Eradication Initiative.
-Amana Sickle Cell Foundation
-Kano State Sickle Sickle Cell Awareness Initiative.
-B. Fema Foundation
-Striving for Jannah Charity Foundation
-Disease Response Network
-National Health Fellows
-Shettiman Malamai School for Marriage Education
-Liver Life Foundation
-C3HD
-Nadiyya Khairiyya Helping Needy Foundation
-Umisda Graphics
-TAJ Bank Plc
-Youth Assembly of Nigeria
-Association of Charitable Foundations

Stakeholders will also have the opportunity to pledge donations and contributions towards the Trust, ensuring sustainable funding for this noble cause.

For media inquiries, contact:

📧 Email: [email protected]

🥏 WhatsApp:
07066477450

📱 Phone:
07066671194

Aliyu Bakama,
Executive Director,
A5 Sickle Cell Support Initiative.