The Yobe Primary Healthcare Management Agency says residents of the state have converted mosquito treated nets for malaria protection to fishing nets. The Executive Secretary of the agency, Dr Hauwa Goni disclosed this during an advocacy visit to Yobe Islamic Centre, on Thursday in Damaturu. Goni, who spoke through Alhaji Dauda Bukar, the Director, Primary Healthcare, in the agency, said while government and development partners acquired and distributed the nets free of charge, some beneficiaries are using them as fishing nets. The secretary also said some other residents use them as shield to nursery trees and even nets in football goal posts. She said the campaign was designed to engage religious organizations so as to get a larger population from the adherents involved in the prevention of malaria in the communities. According to her, more than 50 per cent of health challenges are malaria and “that is why we have taken the challenge of the fight...