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Investigate outbreak of anthrax in Suleja — Lawmaker
The House of Assembly in Niger has urged the government to set up committee to investigate the remote causes of outbreak of anthrax disease in Suleja Local Government Area of the state.
This followed a motion of matters of urgent public importance brought before the house by Mr Murtal Badaru, member, representing Suleja constituency at the plenary on Wednesday in Minna.
Speaker of the House Abdulmalik Sarkindaji said the house resolved that the committee should consist of multi-disciplinary experts to collaborate with National Centre for Disease Control and other relevant agencies to provide solutions to prevent the spread of the disease.
He directed the ministries of Livestock and Transport to collaborate with the police and other security agencies to intensify surveillance on farms, markets, abattoir and movement of livestocks within the state.
Sarkindaji also directed the state of Ministry Information to begin awareness campaign to public to look out for symptoms of anthrax and report suspected cases.
He urged the chairman of Suleja Local Government Area to convey emergency meeting with relevant stakeholders and heighten surveillance on Suleja abattoir to ensure strict compliance with experts’ recommendations on preventive measures.
Earlier, Badaru, explained that his motion was borne out of concern on the outbreak of anthrax disease recorded in Gajiri village in Suleja Local Government Area.
He said that there was need for the state government to take proactive, preventive and curative control mechanism to curtail the spread of the disease.
A Student Of Osun State Polytechnic, Iree, Osun State, has died after being hit by a trailer driver on Monday, April 15.
The Accident was said to have occurred when the driver, who was reportedly driving against traffic, collided with the motorcycle conveying a student named Olanrewaju Olatona and another passenger along the Ikirun-Osogbo road area of the state.
Due to the severe impact, Olanrewaju Olatona, a National Diploma 2 student, suffered fatal injuries. He died at the scene.
Olatona, who was the Financial Secretary of the Department of Mass Communication, was preparing for the one-year Industrial Training programme.
The driver fled the scene after the accident and has not been apprehended.
Subsequently, Osun State Polytechnic students organised a procession in front of the school gate and blocked the expressway for several hours.
Some unknown gunmen have kidnapped Joshua Rogers, the ChannelsTV reporter in Port-Harcourt, the Rivers State capital.
Politics Nigeria learnt that Rogers was picked up close to his residence at Rumuosi in Port Harcourt and to an unknown destination by the gunmen around 9pm on Thursday, April 11.
The reporter was driving his official ChannelsTV branded car when the hoodlums accosted, pointed a gun at him and took him away in the same vehicle.
Rogers was said to be returning from his official assignment in Government House after a trip to Andoni for a government event when the incident happened.
Already, the gunmen were said to have contacted his wife and demanded a N30million ransom for bis release.
His cameraman confirmed the incident and appealed to his abductors to set him free unconditionally.
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