Buratai gave the assurance during a visit on the Emir of Dutse, Alhaji Nuhu Sanusi, after an inspection of ongoing construction work at the Army Barracks in Yar-Gaba, Dutse on Monday.
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The governor, who made this known while briefing newsmen in Dutse, also directed the Ministries of Health and Education to come up with time schedules for running the programme under strict compliance with COVID-19 preventive measures.
The state Commissioner of Police, Usman Gomna, told newsmen that the incident occurred on Sunday in Dutse.
The call was made by the upper chamber on Tuesday following the consideration of a motion on “the need for the establishment of a Military Unit in Jigawa State.”
The governor, who made the announcement at a news conference in Dutse, also said that movement from other states to Jigawa would now be allowed under strict compliance with COVID-19 protocols.
The Federal Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development made the disclosure in a statement on Saturday.
The NCDC made the confirmation on Friday on its Twitter handle.
This is coming as the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control announced over the weekend that the total number of cases have exceeded the 8,000 mark across the country.
Governor Mohammed Badaru of Jigawa State has directed the payment of May salaries of state civil servants on Wednesday ahead of Eid-El Fitri celebration.
Alhaji Abdullahi Maikanti, Chairman, Hadejia Local Government Council in Jigawa State, has described as fake the media reports claiming that 100 persons recently died of a mysterious illness in the area.
The Nigerian Defence Academy, Kaduna has donated its home-made hand sanitiser to Kano and Jigawa States Governments to help them curtail the spread of coronavirus in the states.
The Jigawa State Government has confirmed two additional cases of the coronavirus in the state.
The Commissioner, Jigawa State Police Command, Usman Gomna, says the newly recruited 345 constables in the state will be posted to their respective Local Government Areas.
The Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps in Jigawa State says it has arrested a 24-year-old allegedly vandalising and stealing electricity installations in the state.
The Kaduna State Ministry of Health on Sunday said the man in a viral video has tested negative for Coronavirus Disease/
A 15-year-old girl has committed suicide by taking rat poison in Gwaram Local Government Area of Jigawa State, the Police have said.
The Jigawa State branch of the Nigerian Bar Association on Thursday said the body has expended N300,000 to provide palliative measures for some of its members and members of the National Youth Service Corps serving with them.
The Lee Group of Companies has embarked on fumigation of public areas and places of worship in Jigawa State to prevent the spread of Coronavirus in the state.
The Jigawa State Commissioner for Health, Dr. Abba Zakari, on Monday suspended all weekly markets in the state as part of measures to curb the spread of Coronavirus Disease.
SP Abdu Jinjiri, the Public Relations Officer, Jigawa State Police Command, confirmed the accident to the News Agency of Nigeria in Dutse on Monday.