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Strange Disease In Jigawa Worries President Buhari, Orders Investigation

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President Muhammadu Buhari has expressed worry over the outbreak of a strange disease that has been ravaging parts of Jigawa State in the Northwest.

The President has therefore asked the minister of Heath, Professor Isaac Adewole to investigate the cause of the ‘unknown disease’ which had led to the death of several children.

A statement by the senior special assistant to the President on media and publicity, Malam Garba Shehu said that Buhari has also directed the minister to deploy all the necessary machinery to combat the outbreak of the disease reported in Gidan Dugus village of Wangara district, Dutse Local Government Area of the State.

Garba Shehu said that the President engaged in a telephone conversation with the Governor of the state, Abubakar Badaru to get the details of the incident.

President Buhari sympathised with the governor and the families of the victims even as he gave assurance that the Federal Government will provide the necessary support to contain the spread of the disease. [myad]