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Poor hand hygiene practices play negative role in heath, livelihood, and sustainability for the lives of millions, especially children and vulnerable groups with limited access to WASH facilities in Nigeria. Akwa Ibom State Commissioner for Water Resources and Sanitation, Mrs Enobong Mboho stated this on Tuesday in a keynote address she presented on this year’s Global Handwashing Day Celebration in Uyo, the state capital. The information, according to Mrs Mbobo, is contained in Nigeria’s Roadmap to Hand Hygiene for All. “Children are kept out of schools, preventable deaths in medical centers occur and millions of girls and women suffer in…

A professor at the Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, University of Ilorin, Kwara State, Professor Munirdeen Ijaiya has revealed inventing a surgical procedure for the treatment of Vesico Vaginal Fistula. He made this known in his paper presented at the 243rd Inaugural Lecture entitled ‘The Leaking Pipes as Avoidable Tragedy of Womanhood; The Odyssey of a Fistula Surgeon’ in the institution on Friday. The News Agency of Nigeria reports that VVF is a childbirth complication that causes an abnormal fistulous tract extending between the bladder and the vagina, and which allows the continuous, involuntary discharge of urine into the vaginal…

By Rakiya A.Muhammad Nigeria Union of Journalists NUJ Sokoto Chapter has lauded the Ahmed Aliyu Sokoto-led State Government for initiating laudable projects, rehabilitating others and committing to beautifying roads within the metropolis within just 100 days in office. It made the commendation in a communique issued at the end of its congress and signed by Chair Dalhatu Abdullahi Safiyal-Magori and Secretary Muhammad Nasir Bello. It also appreciated the Sokoto State Government reviving monthly stipends to People Living with Disabilities (PLWD). The union urged members to continue to uphold the ethics of the noble profession as the watchdog of the…

By Rakiya A.Muhammad Nigerian Union of Journalists, (NUJ) Sokoto Chapter has urged the State Government to intensify efforts in distributing palliatives and provide more, given the current economic reality. It stressed the need to use the recently launched Inter-State and Intrastate commuter buses to ease the challenge of transportation hikes following the fuel subsidy removal. The union made the call in a communique issued at the end of its congress and signed by Chair Dalhatu Abdullahi Safiyal-Magori and Secretary Muhammad Nasir Bello. It lauded Governor Ahmed Aliyu-led administration’s commitment and support to security agencies towards ending insecurity in the State.…

By Rakiya A.Muhammad Just as 24-year-old Patience James was about to leave Nigeria, albeit illegally, she ran into an old friend, Michael, who provided information regarding the Migration Resources Centre, meant to help prospective migrants find a foothold outside the country. “Securing employment in the country has proven to be an arduous endeavour, so I was contemplating attempting my luck through irregular migration, having witnessed some of my friends leave via such means,” she reveals. “I would have taken the perilous route had it not been for Michael, who informed me about the MRC’s mission to assist potential migrants and…

By Rakiya A. Muhammad TheSokoto State government has disclosed plans to ensure adequate capacity building and scale up the provision of eye care services across all public health facilities in the State. Commissioner of Health Hajiya Asabe Balarabe revealed this while flagging activities to mark this year’s World Sight Day with the theme “Love your eyes at work”. She said the state government, through the State eye care program in collaboration with Sight Savers International, was providing free eye care services and medications in commemoration of the Day. She underscored the importance of eye care and urged people to keep…

By Rakiya A.Muhammad Commissioner for Local Government and Chieftaincy Affairs, Hon. Ibrahim Dadi Adare, has expressed the state government’s commitment to empowering youths and women. “It is one of Governor Ahmed Aliyu Sokoto’s nine-point agenda, and therefore, he is fulfilling the promise by empowering them through skills acquisition, through training and training of them, so the Ministry of Local Government is spearheading that,” he asserted. Hon. Adare reassured the people of their unwavering resolve to implement initiatives and schemes that have a tangible impact on the well-being of individuals across diverse sectors. “Government procured medicaments and will distribute them to…

By Rakiya A.Muhammad For the past three years, the primary healthcare centre in Karu, on the outskirts of Abuja, has enjoyed an uninterrupted power supply, which has changed the narrative for healthcare delivery care in the community. Before installing a mini-grid, which ensures consistent and sustainable power for the facility, the epileptic electricity supply impeded the centre’s ability to deliver even the basic services. A health centre’s electricity woes There was inadequate power provision for vaccine storage, lifesaving medical equipment and supplies, emergency care, and nighttime light. “It was a great worry for us in Karu when our primary health…

Rakiya A.Muhammad Sokoto State helmsman, Dr Ahmad Aliyu Sokoto, has promised to ensure a listening government. ” I will always be ready to accept constructive criticisms, advise and any effort geared towards the development of our dear State,”. he added. The governor stated this when the top management team of Sokoto State University, led by its Vice Chancellor, Professor Bashir Garba, paid him a courtesy visit. He expressed commitment to ensure enabling environments for excellence. “My administration will always allow for a conducive atmosphere for learning and teaching.” He stated. Gov Aliyu said his government would give attention to the…

By Rakiya A.Muhammad Human trafficking may be easily hidden, even in plain sight. But in Sokoto state, Northwest Nigeria, community champions are using their voices to help tackle one of the underlying problems in combating this global concern: societies lack a complete understanding of human trafficking. It has got volunteers such as Mabudin Binji Aminu Dikko tapping into existing social networks to help bridge the gap in knowledge about the practice of human trafficking and child abuse at the grassroots. “Our task is sensitisation, mobilisation and community dialogue to reduce, if not to stop, any form of trafficking and forced…