– The Sultan of Sokoto, Muhammadu Sa’ad Abubakar III will meet Norther governors today April 11
– He had summoned all 19 governors in the zone to deliberate on way out to Meningitis
– Meningitis had reportedly killed about 500 people in the last few weeks
The Sultan of Sokoto, Muhammadu Sa’ad Abubakar III, has summoned all the 19 northern governors to a meeting following the outbreak of meningitis in northern Nigeria.
Sultan of Sokoto, Muhammadu Sa’ad Abubakar III
ZENITHBLOG.com gathered that a statement issued on Monday April 10 by the Kaduna government, said the parley is to seek alternative ways of importing vaccines to combat the infection.
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The meeting is to hold today, Tuesday April 11 to find ways of preventing the spread of the killer disease.
ZENITHBLOG.com had reported that Governor Abdulaziz Yari of Zamfara state had expressed disappointment over the plight of patients as he paid unscheduled visits to no fewer than 500 victims currently receiving treatment at various hospitals in the state.
It was also gathered that as the meningitis scourge continue to claim more victims in Zamfara, many patients are left to cater for themselves despite government spending to contain the epidemic in the state.
Yari paid unscheduled visits to no fewer than 500 victims of meningitis currently receiving treatment at various hospitals in the state.
The governor particularly noted with dissatisfaction that the environment of the camps were unkempt as the patients were lying on bare sand, while drips being administered were hung on sticks.
The governor was accompanied on the visits by members of the state’s Meningitis Control Committee headed by the Secretary to the State Government, Prof. Abdullahi Shinkafi, and other top government officials.
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He directed the five-member Meningitis Control Committee under the chairmanship of the Secretary to the State Government, Shinkafi, to explain the situation.
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