COVID -19 : Ganduje meets with Kano State Emirs

Kano state governor, Gov. Abdullahi Ganduje met with the five emirs in the state on Tuesday ‎as part of his  sensitisation campaign against the spread of COVID- 19 pandemic to the grassroots.

Ganduje during the meeting   held at the Government House, Kano, said that the government decided to meet with  the traditional rulers, being one of the critical stakeholders in the state.

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He added that the meeting  also was to brief  the emirs  on the measures being taken by the state to fight Coronavirus.

He urged them to take such briefings to their Emirates for onward sensitisation of  the people at the grassroots.

‎He also said that the meeting was intended to intimate the  traditional institutions on the dangerous impacts of the disease and the roles expected of them to prevent its spread in the state.

 “This meeting being attended by government and ,health officials and our Emirs is an avenue for all of us to rub minds, fashion  out effective ways of working together and strengthening  our strategies in the fight against the pandemic. 

“Our concern is to break the chain of transmission of the global pandemic, this is why this and similar meetings ‎are absolutely necessary.” COVID -19 affects ‎all aspects of life: our religious obligation, economy, culture as well as our social settings,” he said .

 He also told the emirs that the fight against COVID -19 could only be won when people cooporate with government and health workers, saying that “your role ‎in this fight is extremely important and necessary.