SAN FRANCISCO, September 08, (THEWILL) – Kaduna State Governor, Nasir El-Rufai has tasked northern traditional rulers to spearhead sensitization campaigns on the spread of coronavirus in the region.
The governor who made the call during an ‘Executive Committee’ meeting of Northern traditional rulers, chaired by the Sultan of Sokoto, Sa’ad Abubakar, disclosed that it costs about N400,000 to treat one COVID-19 patient.
While reiterating the role of traditional rulers in ensuring that people at the grassroots adhere to government’s directives as part of measures to curb the spread of the pandemic, El-Rufai said the treatment of infected persons is eating deep into the government’s finances.
He, however, said that the challenges in the treatment of the pandemic make it imperative that people desist from activities that will promote the spread of the virus in the region and the country at large.
Traditional rulers from the nineteen northern States met in Kaduna on Monday to discuss the security and socio-economic challenges confronting the region particularly in the southern part of the state.
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