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  • Jigawa LG partners CPC to end food adulteration

    Jigawa LG partners CPC to end food adulteration

    The Suletankarkar Local Government Council of Jigawa said it would partner with the Consumer Protection Council ( CPC ) to end adulteration of foodstuff in the area.

    The Information Officer of the council, Alhaji Dudau Sulaiman, disclosed this on Thursday.

    Sulaiman said the Chairman of the council, Malam Jafaru Muhammad, made the announcement when he received the CPC’s Chairman in his office.

    Read also: Jigawa Assembly to investigates death of 50 children, increase in child mortality

    He said Muhammad, who expressed concerned over alleged reports of adulteration of commodities in markets in the area, pledged to measures to tackle the menace.

    The council’s boss also commended the CPC for its efforts at ridding the state’s markets of adulterated products.

    The CPC chairman, Alhaji Faruq Abdallah, said the council’s officials were in the area as part of their routine visit to markets.

    Abdallah called on the local council to revive its Consumer Protection Subcommittee to help check adulteration of goods in the area.

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  • Two policemen, NSCDC staff probed for abduction in Jigawa

    Two policemen, NSCDC staff probed for abduction in Jigawa

    The Police Command in Jigawa says it is interrogating two policemen, a personal of the Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps ( NSCDC ) and one civilian over alleged abduction of fake money producer.

    The command’s Spokesman, DSP Abdu Jinjiri, confirmed this to newsmen in Dutse on Thursday.

    Jinjiri said that the suspects (names withheld) were arrested in Hadejia Local Government Area of the state after they allegedly abducted the victim, Malam Ahmad Muhammad, also known as “Akrami’’.

    He explained that the suspects allegedly conspired and abducted the victim at his residence at Mahucin Sarki quarters, after they learnt that he produced fake money.

    The spokesman added that they suspects allegedly took the victim to the bush and demanded that he produced money for them.

    “On December 26, we received a report from Hadejia division that two policemen, one personal of NSCDC and one civilian allegedly conspired and abducted one Malam Ahmad Muhammad from his residence in Mahucin Sarki quarters, Hadejia town.

    “They kept the captive for one day insisting that he must produce money for them.

    “This is very unprofessional, as they were supposed to take him to station for interrogation but they decided to keep him with them,’’ the spokesman said.

    He said investigation into the case had begun, and that the suspects would be charged to court if evidence was established against them.

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  • Polio: UNICEF immunizes 2m children in four states

    Polio: UNICEF immunizes 2m children in four states

    The Global Affairs Canada (GAC) in conjunction with UNICEF said it immunized more than two million children in rural communities of Jigawa, Niger, Taraba and Zamfara states in the past one year.
    Dr. Esther Obinya, a UNICEF health specialist and the National Coordinator of the Hard To Reach (HTR) project, told the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Jalingo on Saturday, that the initiative of reaching rural communities with vaccines was recording a lot of success.
    She disclosed that the HTR project was able to reach more than 900,000 pregnant women in the four states with ante-natal and post-natal services and commodities within the period.
    Obinya stated that the HTR, which is aimed at eradicating polio and strengthening health care in remote communities, is enjoying support from the federal, state and local governments in all the four high-risk states where the project is ongoing.
    She disclosed that more than 3,000 settlements had been visited at least three times since the project began in March 2016.
    She identified security breach occasioned by the frequent communal clashes, hazardous terrains, political interference and getting the right technical personnel, especially, Nurse-Midwives as the major challenges of the project.
    The Bill and Melinda-Gates foundation had carried out similar exercises in Borno, Yobe, Kaduna, Bauchi, Katsina, and Kano with very good results, she said.
    Obinya, who was in Taraba to supervise the Quarter 3, 2017 Review Meeting of GAC/HTR for Jigawa, Niger, Taraba, and Zamfara states, also called on the benefiting states to work assiduously to sustain the project which would end in December 2018.
    Delegates from the four states had earlier undertaken field trips to some Hard to Reach communities in Ardo-Kola and Jalingo Local Government.
    NAN recalls that the World Health Assembly had in 2012 asked the World Health Organisation to formulate a programme that would eradicate polio worldwide when it was discovered that Nigeria, Afghanistan, and Pakistan had remained the three most endemic countries that were left with polio.
  • Kano Hisbah Board arrests 65 beggars in one month

    Kano Hisbah Board arrests 65 beggars in one month

    Kano State Hisbah Board said it had arrested about 65 suspected beggars for violating the law banning street begging in the state.

    Malam Dahiru Muhammed, an official of the Hisbah Anti Begging Unit, disclosed this while speaking in the state on Tuesday.

    Muhammed said that the suspects were arrested in different raids in the Kano metropolis in November, adding that eight of the arrested were children, while 57 were adults.

    According to him, 47 of them were from Kano, while 18 were from Bauchi, Jigawa, Gombe, Kogi and Zamfara States.

    Muhammed said the arrests were carried out in areas around Bata, Bompai, Bank and Kabuga roads, all in the metropolis.

    Read also: Street begging: Hisbah arrests 166 beggars

    He said that the Hisbah Board decided to release some of the suspects who were identified as first offenders, as well as those suffering from mental disorder.

    Muhammed said those from neighbouring states were also taken back to their respective states.

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  • Lai Mohammed solicits incentives for creative, tourism investors in Jigawa

    Lai Mohammed solicits incentives for creative, tourism investors in Jigawa

    The Minister of Information and Culture, Alhaji Lai Mohammed, has urged Jigawa Government to give incentives to creative and tourism investors to explore the rich cultural potential of the state.

    The minister made the call in Dutse at a Gala night hosted in his honour by Gov. Badaru Abubakar to mark the end of the 9th National Council on Tourism, Culture and National Orientation held in the state.

    The 9th edition of the Council with the theme, “Tourism and Culture as Panacea for Nigeria’s Economic Recovery” was organised by the Federal Ministry of Information and Culture and hosted by Jigawa Government.

    Mohammed, who commended the giant strides recorded in agriculture by the state government through its goat rearing and cluster farming schemes, said similar programmes should be replicated in the tourism sector.

    He added that “we all know that Jigawa is one of the foremost agricultural states in the country with the very successful experiment of the governor in the goat rearing scheme.

    “Jigawa is also leading in cluster farming, a concept of getting many farmers as possible in one place and the government providing them with farm input, fertiliser and encouraging them to grow more food.

    “The farmers are also assured that they can pay back not only in cash but in kind.

    “I want the state government to extend the same courtesy and support to the Creative Industry, particularly the culture and tourism sector.

    “I want the state to emulate the Federal Government by giving out incentives in terms of tax rebate, tax holiday and others to encourage film producers to come and set up film villages in the state

    “This is because Jigawa has very fantastic scenery and tourism sites which will be ideal to shoot film of any genre.”

    The minister also urged the state to get involved in capacity training for artists and make available small scale loans for artisans who were talented in arts and crafts.

    He said the efforts would provide another avenue for revenue for the state in addition to employing as many youths as possible.

    He added that the IT hub infrastructure in the state which the governor was planning to expand would further encourage youths in the state to unload their talents.

    He commended the governor and the people of Jigawa for maintaining peace, tranquility and stability which he said were the keys to economic growth.

    He also thanked the government and the people for successful hosting of the event and the honour bestowed on him by the governor  and the Dutse Emirate.

    “I thank you for organising this Gala night in my honour. Just yesterday, the Emir also organised a mini Durbar in my honour.

    “I remain gratified and indebted to the governor, the government and people of Jigawa.

    “I want to assure you that we are leaving the state with very fond memories and will not hesitate to come back as soon as possible.

    “I believe that Jigawa has a lot to harvest from cultural and tourism sector and we are glad that we are here to look at how culture and tourism can be a panacea to economic development.”

    The governor, represented by the Secretary to State Government, Alhaji Abdulkadir Fanini, thanked the minister and organisers of the Council for the choice of Jigawa to host the event.

    Fanini said Jigawa had a lot to contribute to the development of culture and tourism as alternative to oil and gas and the event would help to promote the state.

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  • Osinbajo, Tinubu, governors attend Buhari’s book presentation 

    Osinbajo, Tinubu, governors attend Buhari’s book presentation 

    Eminent personalities on Thursday attended President Muhammadu Buhari’s book’s public presentation in Abuja.

    The book  ‘Making Steady, Sustainable Progress for Nigeria’s Peace and Prosperity’, was presented to the public at the old Banquet Hall of the State House.

    It was a mid-term scorecard on the President Muhammadu Buhari administration.

    Among those that graced the public presentation of the book, that started few minutes past 12 noon, were the Vice President, Yemi Osinbajo, National Leader of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Asiwaju Bola Tinubu, who is the keynote speaker at the occasion.

    Also at the occasion was the Chairman of the occasion and the APC National Chairman, John Odigie-Oyegun and the Secretary to the Government of the Federation (SGF), Boss Mustapha.

    State governors at the event were Abiola Ajimobi (Oyo), Rauf Aragbesola (Osun), Jigawa, Ibikunle Amosun (Ogun), Darius Ishaku (Taraba), Abdulaziz Yari (Zamfara).

    Other members of the Federal Executive Council (FEC), other top government officials, members of the diplomatic corps and traditional rulers also attended.

    The Speaker of the House of Representatives, Yakubu Dogara was represented at the occasion.

    The programme was still in progress at the time of filing this report.

  • 50 kids die of ‘strange disease’ in Jigawa

    50 kids die of ‘strange disease’ in Jigawa

    No fewer than 50 children have died in a Jigawa State village of  ”a strange disease”, the village head said yesterday.

    The kids who died within the last two months in Gidan Dugus in Dutse Local Government Area of Jigawa State were within the age of one and five years, it was learnt.

    Gidan Dugu village is 35 kilometres from Jigawa State capital Dutse in the Northwest geo political zone.

    Village Head Malam Bashari Galadima Gidan Gudu told our reporter that ”the problem started about two months ago, but the situation got worse in the last few weeks”

    Explaining how the disease affects the kids, he said: “The children will start with serious fever, than develop stomach swelling and within a little time they will give up.”

    Painting a grim account of the situation he said: ”there are families that lost seven, four and three children to the disease and at a time, we buried between four and two kids daily during the worse period.”

    The village head said the children were treated at Wangara Health Clinic and some referred to Dutse General Hospital and to Kano, the neighbouring state, where some of them are still on admission.

    Ministry of Health Permanent Secretary Alhaji Ali Dandidi said: “ We learnt the problem started sometime in July. The community members refused to go to the public health centre. They relied on and patronised chemists and other medical vendors all the while

    “Nobody reported to the ministry (of health) until on October 27. The ministry sent a medical team there. The team took samples of the patients to the laboratory and we controlled the situation within a few days.”

    According to him, “after laboratory tests of the samples, it was confirmed as malaria and typhoid. We supplied the drugs for treatment and the situation was brought under control.”

  • Forum declares support for President Buhari

    Forum declares support for President Buhari

    The national Forum for the Patriotic Members of APC (FOPMAPC) has declared its unconditional support and commitment to the administration of President Muhammadu Buhari.

    Alhaji Lawal Garba, the National Chairman of the forum, made the declaration in Daura on Tuesday when he received Jigawa members of the forum.

    He called on members of the forum to redoubled their commitment and determination to change Nigeria, stressing we expect our members to continue to educate Nigerians on good policies and programmes of the Buhari administration.

    Lawal also urged the members to shun expectation for immediate benefits and place national interest at heart, adding “we will support every positive move aimed at reforming this country’’.

    He said the two years of Buhari administration has brought significant changes in key areas including agriculture, security, corruption and the development of infrastructure.

    The chairman admonished members of the forum not to relent on their efforts at projecting and promoting the policies and programmes of the present administration.

    He described the relationship between Katsina and Jigawa states as exceptionally cordial, adding “we are very lucky that both governors are very busy replicating what the president is doing in their respective states’’.

    Earlier, Alhaji Sale Bayi, the Jigawa Chairman of the forum, described the visit as home coming.

    He said the forum was dutifully working in collaboration with the Jigawa government towards the success of the APC in future elections.

    He commended the Buhari administration for its resilience, commitment and determination towards transforming the nation in spite of the inherent challenges on ground.

    The national chairman of the forum, Alhaji Lawal Garba, is the current chairman of Katsina State Transport Authority and a former member of the House of Representatives.

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  • Ex Jigawa Senator dumps PDP

    Ex Jigawa Senator dumps PDP

    Alhaji Danladi Sankara, former Senator representing Jigawa Northwest, has dumped the Peoples Democratic Party ( PDP ) and joined the All Progressives Congress ( APC ).

    Sankara was received by the Jigawa Governor, Alhaji Muhammad Badaru at the Malam Aminu Kano triangle Square on Sunday in Dutse.

    Badaru said that the defection of the former senator was a welcome development to the party in the state.

    The governor said that the APC had caught a big fish, for the entrance of Sankara to APC in view of his pedigree in his former party.

    Badaru recalled that Sankara was one time National Vice chairman, PDP Northwest geo-political zone and Sole Administrator of the party in Sokoto state.

    “With his defection to APC, PDP is completely dead in Jigawa because Sankara is one of the founders of PDP in the country and the person that brought it to jigawa,’’ he said.

    The governor, however, said that the immediate past administration left a contract liability of N92 billion to him but with the help of God and the good people of the state, he overcame the situation.

    He lamented the myriad of problems left by the previous administration of PDP at both state and federal levels which resulted in President Muhammadu Buhari giving out bail outs to states.

    Chief John Oyegun, National chairman of APC who was represented at the ceremony by the chairman of the party in the Northwest, Alhaji Shuaibu Lawal, assured that Sen. Sankara would be treated fairly like other members of the party.

    Earlier, while formally declaring for the party, Sankara said that he was joining the party with 8,905 of his supporters.

    Sankara pledged to work for the unity and progress of the party, to win all elections in the state and at the federal level.

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  • Jigawa approves N18m for procurement of anti-malaria drugs

    Jigawa approves N18m for procurement of anti-malaria drugs

    Jigawa Government has approved N18million for the procurement of anti-malaria drugs for distribution to the 27 Local Government Areas and nine General Hospitals across the state.

    Dr Abba Zakari, State’s Commissioner for Health, disclosed this while addressing newsmen in Dutse on Friday.

    He said the purchase of the drugs was necessary to curtail the malaria scourge in the state.

    The commissioner said that the rising cases of malaria was as a result of the down pour experienced in the state this year, which created breeding environment for mosquitoes.

    Zakari stated that mosquito bites are the causative agents of malaria and all hands must be on deck to tackle the situation.

    He advised people to keep their environment clean and cut the grasses around houses to prevent hatching places for mosquitoes.

    The commissioner stated that the Jigawa state government has commenced vaccination against malaria across the state with a view to tackling the scourge.

    Zakari said that government is determined to address all health issues challenges facing the people in the state.

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