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CONDOM: Imo State Takes First Position on Usage In South East

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8 years ago

February 3, 2018

Maureen Zubie-Okolo, a monitoring and evaluation specialist, UNICEF, has stated that Imo state tops the chart when it comes to the usage of condoms in the South Eastern states.

Zubie Okolo stated this in Enugu when she unveiled the Multiple Indicator Cluster Survey to newsmen and according to the report, among the South East states; Imo has the highest figure which is 75.9%.

Imo is closely followed by Anambra who has 66.0% and 57.6% for Enugu while Abia and Ebonyi states are the states with the least amount of condom usage, with Abia having 53.5% and Ebonyi having 27.5%.

The Eagle online reports that the Multiple Indicator Cluster Survey was carried out in 2016/2017 by the National Bureau of Statistics in collaboration with UNICEF and it is used to assist the government in policy formulation.

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