Deputy President of the Senate, Senator Barau I Jibrin, at the weekend, visited Gadan village of Gezawa Local Government Area of Kano State to commiserate with the people of the community over the penultimate Wednesday fire incident in a mosque.
Kano state sits at the epicentre of an outbreak of the vaccine-preventable disease, which has so far killed 38 and hospitalised many more. Though the region has a reputation for vaccine hesitancy, families are stepping up to help the health system curb the epidemic.
Suwaiba Ali, 35, is ecstatic that her six-month-old baby Abdulrahman can breathe. He was in severe condition due to breathing problems brought on by seizures, and she thinks that the oxygen therapy he received saved him.“I thought I will lose my son because it was difficult for him to breath. But as soon as the