Patrick Akpan, wanda yake aiki a matsayin shugaban kungiyar NEPWHAN (Network of People Living with HIV/AIDS) ta jihar Lagos, ya bayyana labarin rayuwarsa na yadda ya yi fama da cutar HIV.
Akpan, wanda yake da shekaru 55, ya ji cutar HIV haihuwata shekaru 20 da suka wuce. A lokacin da aka gano cutar, ya yi alkawarin yin amfani da rayuwarsa don taimakawa wadanda suke fama da cutar.
Ya ce, “Lokacin da na ji cutar HIV, na yi imani cewa rayuwata ta kare. Amma abin da ya sa ni na ci gaba da rayuwa shi ne goyon bayan mai zauriya ta, wacce daga baya ta zama matar aurena.”
Akpan ya zama misali na karfin zuciya da ƙarfin jini, inda ya kai ga zama shugaban kungiyar NEPWHAN ta jihar Lagos, wadda ke aiki don taimakawa mutanen da ke fama da cutar HIV/AIDS.
Labarin Akpan ya nuna cewa goyon bayan dangi da abokai zai iya sa mutane su ci gaba da rayuwa a cikin matsaloli.