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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 former Minister of Youth and Sports, Solomon Dalung, has recounted how a hospital in Plateau State did not attend to him because of the non-payment of the admission deposit.
Dalung said he fell ill on Wednesday, May 8, and went to the unnamed hospital for treatment but that the hospital refused to give him treatment because he had yet to make an admission deposit despite holding his medical records. The former minister said he regained partial consciousness later and transferred the deposit before he was attended to.
“I took ill on Wednesday, arrived at the hospital & shortly became unconscious after doctor’s interviews. Was ferried into emergency ward but abandoned for over 4 hrs due to non payments of admission deposits. Regained partial consciousness later did the transfer of deposit.
After that, I fell into unconsciousness again for about 7 hours. To God be the glory, I have been discharged after 3 days & recovering. Were it not for partial consciousness to pay the deposits, I would have been Mr. late. Many Nigerians have gone this way. Where is our humanity?
I was then admitted into the ward and given medical attention. This is the hospital that has my medical records. The last medical checkup I did about 2 months ago was there, but suddenly, I became a stranger because of non payments of deposits even with the so-called name. Hmmmm”
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.
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