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BAF trains 26,000 sanitary vanguards, 90 others on cholera, disaster management in Jigawa

Barrister Aisha Sulaiman

By Salisu K Ismail

A Jigawa based non governmental organisation, Baba Azumi Foundation has trained over 26,000 sanitary vanguards as a precautions measures towards averting possible outbreak of cholera as a result of the devastating flood that ravaged many communities in Jigawa state.


This was made known by the Executive Director of Baba Azumi Foundation, Barrister Aisha Suleiman during a press briefing held on Tuesday in Dutse, the state capital.


The Executive Director said after donating some relief materials to over 1,300 families who suffered from the flood in three local government areas, we also observed the risk of cholera outbreak as a result of the breakdown of water system, sanitary facilities and other related personal and environmental hygiene facilities across many areas in the state.


Barrister Sulaiman added that, “In a move to support state government effort to forestall the possibility of the disease outbreak, we trained 60 public healthcare personnel who went and cascaded the training to the over 26,000 people in different communities.


On the other aspect of the training, She explained that, “The foundation have also trained 90 people on disaster risk reduction management and emergency support for assisting the community in case of any eventuality.”


"The training was provided to the beneficiaries’ community of Gwiwa, Miga and Guri local government areas in collaboration with STAT Fund and Action Aid Nigeria," she highlighted.

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