The Executive Director, National Primary Healthcare Development Agency, Dr. Faisal Shuaib, said this in a statement made available to newsmen on Friday in Abuja
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The governor was on Tuesday quoted as saying the outbreak of Type C Cerebro Spinal Meningitis in some parts of the country was God’s way of showing his anger against Nigerians for turning their back on Him
Sanusi, who spoke at the Kaduna State Economic Summit in Kaduna, the state capital, also berated northern leaders, saying the North-West and the North-East remained the poorest parts of the world
The Secretary to the State Government, Prof. Abdullahi Shinkafi, made this known to newsmen in Gusau on Tuesday
The Sultan said this in a contained in a statement signed by the Emir of Argungu in Kebbi State, Alhaji Samaila Mera, and issued to the News Agency of Nigeria in Sokoto on Tuesday
The outbreak has claimed the lives of up to 328 people
The State Commissioner for Health disclosed this to newsmen in Sokoto on Sunday when he gave an update on the state of high alert declared by the state government since on March 20
A statement signed by Rev. Fr. Christian Anyanwu, the Director of Communications, Catholic Secretariat of Nigeria, confirmed the development
Earlier this week, the National Centre for Disease Control had put the death toll at 282
The State Health Commissioner, Dr. Balarabe Kakale, confirmed this in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria in Sokoto on Sunday
Gummi said areas worst hit were: Maradun and Bindin villages in Maru local government
This was coming on the backdrop of predictions by the Nigerian Meteorological Agency that increase in temperature heralding the end of the rainy season could lead to incidences of meningitis
The disease is marked by intense headache and fever, sensitivity to light and muscular rigidity, leading in severe cases to convulsions, delirium and death
The state Commissioner for Health, Dr. Ibrahim Baba Sule, made the disclosure on Thursday at the Flag off ceremony of Cerebrospinal Meningitis Vaccination Campaign in Bida town of Niger State