The Sokoto State Ministry of Health, on Thursday, stopped the month-long fumigation exercise sponsored by the Chairman Senate Committee on Defence, Aliyu Wamakko.
The Sokoto State Ministry of Health, on Thursday, stopped the month-long fumigation exercise sponsored by the Chairman Senate Committee on Defence,The News Agency of Nigeria , reports that Mr Wamakko had on Wednesday inaugurated the fumigation exercise across five local government areas in the state.
In a statement by the Sokoto State Malaria Elimination Agency , signed by its Director-General, Muslim Gobir, the agency said the fumigation was not sanctioned as all agencies in charge of healthcare in the state were unaware of the exercise. “The Sokoto State Ministry of Health, in collaboration with all healthcare agencies, wishes to categorically state that the ministry of health and its agencies were not aware of the sole decision by those unknown people to fumigate some parts of the state.
“Hence skilful personnel, procedures and appropriate chemicals, must be in place so as not to endanger lives of the public,” it said.The statement added that the chemical might be hazardous and could be a poisonous substance that could lead to health complications.
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