Speaker Urges Kwara Governor to Initiate Statewide Cholera Vaccination Campaigns

Date: 2024-07-22

According to a news report from Business Day, Yakubu Danlad-Salihu, the Speaker of the House, has called on Governor Abdulrahman Abdulrasaq to instruct the Ministry of Health to conduct statewide cholera vaccination campaigns targeting high-risk population areas. Additionally, he emphasised the need for a surveillance system to swiftly detect and respond to any suspected cholera cases.

The Speaker also urged the Governor to direct the Ministry of Environment to enhance sanitation infrastructure and ensure proper waste management practices to prevent water contamination and pollution.

This appeal was in response to Oba Magaji Abdulkadir, a lawmaker representing Ilorin Central at the Kwara State House of Assembly, who highlighted the necessity of averting a cholera outbreak in the state during a recent plenary debate on a Matter of General Importance.

He explained that the Cholera caused by the vibrio bacterium, spreads rapidly through contaminated water and food and posing a severe threat to public health.

Other lawmakers who contributed to the debate applauded the Governor for his administration's efforts in the provision of clean and safe drinking water to all communities across the state and advised Kwarans to continue to abide by the government laid down rules towards ensure clean environment.

They also lauded the government for prompt payment of counterpart found in water and sanitation programmes, among others.

 

Cloud Tag: What's trending

Click on a word/phrase to read more about it.

Old Oyo     Umar Sanda Yusuf     Mashood Abdulrafiu Agboola     Ibrahim Jawondo     Abdulhakeem Amao     Rasaq Jimoh     Haleeman Salman     Valsolar     Alabere     Demola Banu     Shehu Alimi Foundation For Peace And Development     Muritala Awodun     CACOVID     Abdulmumini AbdulRazaq     Hussein Olokooba     Plat Technologies Limited     Elerin Of Erin-Ile     Okin High School     Abdullahi G. Mohammad     Olufolake Abdulrazaq     Face Masks     Abubakar Aliagan     Mohammed Yisa     Magaji Erubu     Ethical College     Joseph Yemi Ajayi     Abdulmajeed Wahab     Bola Shagaya     General Hospital, Ilorin     Sulu Babaita Isiaka     IYA YUSUF     Gobir Organization Foundation     Garment Factory     Abubakar Abdulraheem     Olomu     Agor Market     Ajibike Katibi     Olabode Towoju     Baba Idris     Kolawole Akande     Yusuf Badmus     Ambassador Kayode Laro     Ahmed Shuaib Buranga     Saka Keji     Abdulbaqi Jimoh     Simeon Ajibola     IFK     Bello John Olanrewaju     Bibire Ajape     Ganiyu Taofiq     Owode Market     Theophilus Oyebiyi     College Of Education     Coronavirus     Isaac Gbenle     Afolabi-Oshatimehin Adenike Harriet     Kabir Shagaya     Sulyman Buhari     Aliyu Adebayo     ANCOPPS     Sola Saraki Educational Foundation     Prince Mahe Abdulkadir     Minister     TESCOM 2025     Asiwaju Bola Tinubu     Forgo Battery Company Limited     Rapheal Ashaolu     Tanke Road     Moses Afolayan     Marafan Shonga     Ramadhan     Local Government     N-Power     Olatunde Michaels     Rueben Parejo     Marufat Oladosu     Jebba    

Cloud Tag: What's trending

Click on a word/phrase to read more about it.

Ministry Of Women Affairs And Social Development     Muhammed Danjuma     HYPPADEC     Florence Saraki     Afetu Of Alabe     Lawal Jimoh     Kwara NIPR     Oke-Oyi     Bello John Olanrewaju     KWASEIC     Offa Poly     Kwara Metro Park     Sa\'adatu Modibbo-Kawu     Ayotunde Emmanuel Alao     Mumini Ishola Hanafi     Christopher Odetunde     Ajibola Ademola Julius     Lola Ashiru     Suwa-Arabs     Air Peace     Zulu Gambari     Umar Adelodun     Is\'haq Modibbo Kawu     Azeez Bello     Olusin Of Ijara Isin     Kale Kawu     Balogun Ajikobi     Umar Bayo Abdulwahab     Tinubu Legacy Forum     Aiyedun     High Court     Aliyu Umar     NSCIA     CCEPE     Barakat Community Secondary School     Mohammed Ibrahim     Suleman Abubakar     Susan Modupe Oluwole     KWSUED     Omotosho     Kamaldeen Kehinde     REO CAKES     Yahaya A Paniyaro     Sunday Popo-Ola     Folashade Omoniyi     Lukman Adeloyin     Kwara 2015     Oya State     Afonja Descendants Union     Lateef Alagbonsi     Adewuyi Funmilayo     Makama     Gobir     Ishaq Salman     Ademola Kiyesola     Sobi     Amusement Park     Omoniyi Ayinla     Adedipe     College Of Health     Issa Manzuma     ARMTI     Kwara State Internal Revenue Service     Guber Aspirant     Quran     Isaac Gbenle     Shehu Jimoh     Gwanara     M.Y. Abdulrahaman     YAKOOYO     Raheem Adaramaja     Baba Issa Awoye     Akanji     Unilorin FM     Muhammad Akande Olarewaju Odunade     Sidikat Alaya     Ogbondoroko