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  • Gastroenteritis Kills 56 Persons In Sokoto

    Gastroenteritis Kills 56 Persons In Sokoto

    By Muhammad Goronyo, Sokoto

    …..as covid 19 Vaccines Arrive The State

    Speaking on the outcome of the State Executive Council (SEC) meeting, the state Commissioner for Health, Dr. Ali Inname said within the past six weeks of the outbreak, 56 people lost their lives to the deadly disease in the 11 LGAs worst affected.

    He further said the disease was initially affecting 22 LGAs sitting Gwadabawa, Range/Shuni, Badinga and Illela as the worst affected adding that the major factors that caused the disease are the poor sanitary conditions and open defecation areas coupled with rainfall that carry the disease along.

    “As part of the state government’s efforts, drugs worth millions of naira was procured and distributed to all the 23 LGAs in the state”, averred Inname.

    Speaking on the upgrade of Shehu Shagari College of Education to University of Education, the state Commissioner for Higher Education, Professor Bashir Garbage disclosed that the law establishing the institution was approved by the Council during its sitting.

    Also speaking on how best to improve technical education in the state, Commissioner for Science and Technology Dr. Kulu Haruna said N437.5m was disbursed in purchasing 5,000 mattresses and 2,500 double beds as approved by the Council adding that all the technical schools in the state would benefit.

  • Two Dead As 70 Students Contract Gastroenteritis In Sokoto School

    Two Dead As 70 Students Contract Gastroenteritis In Sokoto School

    Two students of Government Girls College Sokoto have so far lost their lives following the outbreak of Gastroenteritis at the school.

    Gastroenteritis, also known as infectious diarrhea and gastro, is inflammation of the gastrointestinal tract—the stomach and intestine.

    Sokoto State Commissioner for Science and Technology Kulu Haruna confirmed the outbreak of the disease in a press release to newsmen in Sokoto.

    According to her, 70 students were affected by the disease and 50 of them have been discharged with only 20 students still in admission.

    She said the state government has been working together with the Ministry of Health to bring the spread of the infection under control.

    The commissioner dismissed the rumour of contaminated water through borehole, maintaining that the state government does not joke with the safety of citizens residing in the state.

    Meanwhile, the management of the school have announced a two weeks break for the students to allow for proper investigation and as a possible solution to the outbreak.