“The centrality and proximity of Azare to Bauchi, Kano and some major cities of Jigawa State make the town’s large population susceptible to the virus due to the already existing large cases of the disease in those areas.”
While confirming the letter to The Guardian yesterday on telephone, Ibrahim Baba said he addressed the letter to the President and PTF for quick action to rescue his constituents.
He also appealed to the President to direct the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control and the Presidential Task Force on COVID-19 to “urgently reach out to the area with all the necessary facilities and palliative to assist the communities. “Most of our people don’t believe that COVID-19 is real. Some of them are saying it is another mysterious disease as witnessed in Kano. Though, some of this deaths have not being tested but I can tell you, more than 10 people including doctors have tested positive.”
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