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Kano Clerics Pledge To Fight Malnutrition

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Sheikh Ibrahim Khalil Chairman Kano Council of Ulama

 

By Abdulgafar Oladimeji.

Muslim clergymen have disclosed their resolve to intensify the fight against malnutrition through advocacy at places of Islamic worship in all the 44 local governments in Kano state.

The clerics made the disclosure at the end of a two days workshop held in Kano with the theme “Sensitization of Religious Leaders On 2020 World Breastfeeding Week” organized by Kano state ministry of health and Primary Health Care Management Board” in collaboration with UNICEF, CS-SUNN, Alive and Thrive, USAID and Breakthrough Action.

The secretary, Kano state Association of  Muslim Clerics, Ibrahim Habib noted that the training has equipped the clerics with information on new areas relating to nutritional values, adding that also the clerics now better the messages that can propagate to aid the quest to tackles the danger been portrayed by the unwarranted cases of malnutrition been recorded in the state.

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The Chief Imam, Tsanyawa local government, Mahmud Mawuyya in a chat with our correspondent said: “ We have learnt a lot from the training on breastfeeding and nutrition, , we will now go back and educate our wives, our children, relatives and friends, we will also now inculcate the issue of  nutrition in our sermons to believers.”

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The director family health, Kano state Primary Health care Management Board, Dr Aminu Sudawa lamented that nutrition statistic in the state is low.

Sudawa noted that the decision to sensitize the clerics is aimed at improving the worrisome nutritional status of families in Kano, stressing that it is anticipated that the clerics would proceed to sensitize their adherent followers on how to help to improve the situation, Sudawa said.

The State Nutrition officer, SNO, Kano state ministry of health, Halima Musa Yakasai appealed to religious leaders to step up the campaign on nutrition across the state, “ she said, “ as our spiritual leaders, we appeal that you should advocate more on nutrition, help us take the message to our mosques, we need your support on this.”

The Nutrition Officer, United Nations Children Fund, UNICEF, Kano Field Office, Abigail Nyam decry the havoc been invoked by malnutrition on women and children specifically in Northern Nigeria.

Abigail argued that Northern Nigeria has foodstuffs that contain ingredients that are rich in protein and carbohydrate, explaining that there is no need for the threat been posed by malnutrition, if families consume these items, adding that it would boost nutrition in children and pregnant mothers, Abigail lamented that majority of families usually opt to sell the locally cultivated food items in open markets opting to remain malnourished.

Abigail appealed to families to adopt a dietary diversification attitude by ensuring pregnant mothers and children that are within their first 1000 days consume locally available foods such as maize, soya beans, yam, moringa, milk, meat millet, sorghum, and clean water to immunize them from getting malnourished.

According to her, Muslim cleric should continually   sensitize their flocks on the importance and proper method of exclusive and  complementary breastfeeding,

Also, the national Vice President(North)Nutrition Society of Nigeria, NSN, Dr  Salisu Maiwada enjoined the religious leader to always emphasize and advocate to their followers on what are the benefits of exclusive breastfeeding.

The secretary, Civil Society Scaling-Up Nutrition in Nigeria, CS-SUNN, Kano state chapter, Ahmad Tijjani Yau applaud Kano state government for the collaboration and support given to other stakeholders to stage the 2020 edition of the World Breastfeeding Week, urging stakeholders not to relent in the ceaseless calls for an increase of investments in nutrition at all levels.

 

 

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Breaking:Former Chief Justice Of Nigeria Ibrahim Tanko Is Dead

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Former Chief Justice of Nigeria (CJN), Justice Ibrahim Tanko Muhammad (retd.), is dead.

A close source confirmed to SaharaReporters on Tuesday morning that the former head of Nigerian judiciary passed away at a hospital in Saudi Arabia.

“Ex-CJN Tanko Muhammad is dead. He passed away this morning at a Saudi Arabian Hospital,” the source said.

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Nigeria Tracker reports that Late President Muhammadu Buhari appointed late Justice Ibrahim Tanko into the exalted seat after the sacking of his predecessor Justice Samuel Walter Onnoghen over the issue of code of conduct in January 2019.

In Late 2022 Justice Ibrahim Tanko suddenly exited the seat due to what many said intense pressure from cabals in Late President Muhammad Buhari’s presidency and was succeeded by retired Justice olukayode .

Late Justice Ibrahim Tanko Muhammad hails from Bauchi state .

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The Aso Rock Gossip That Made Late President Buhari Lock His Wife Out

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By Yusuf Danjuma Yunusa

In a new biography, former First Lady Aisha Buhari has revealed that late President Muhammadu Buhari began locking his bedroom door, preventing her from gaining access, after hearing rumors within Aso Rock that she intended to kill him.

This personal account is featured in the 600-page book, ‘From Soldier to Statesman: The Legacy of Muhammadu Buhari’, where Aisha Buhari details her experience managing her husband’s health challenges during his presidency.

She stated that the former president, trusting the gossip circulating within the presidential villa, altered some of his personal habits as a result.

The biography, which was authored by Charles Omole, director-general of the Institute for Police and Security Policy Research, was launched at the presidential villa in Abuja.

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Many high-profile persons and political chieftains, including President Bola Tinubu, attended the launch.

In the book, Aisha said Buhari’s 2017 health crisis was not a mysterious ailment or the effect of poisoning, but began after a broken feeding routine and mismanaged nutritional habits.

The former first lady said she had long managed her husband’s meals and supplements at specific hours, adding that the regimen helped Buhari to maintain stability.

“According to Aisha Buhari, her husband’s 2017 health crisis did not originate as a mysterious ailment or a covert plot. It started, she says, with the loss of a routine; ‘my nutrition,’ she describes it, a pattern of meals and supplements she had long overseen in Kaduna before they moved into Aso Villa,” the book reads.

When they moved to the villa, she said she convened a meeting with close staff including Suhayb Rafindadi, the physician; Bashir Abubakar, the chief security officer; the housekeeper, and the DSS DG to explain the plan.

After some time, the plan was discontinued.

“When the Presidency’s machinery took over our private lives, I explained the plan: daily, at specific hours, cups and bowls with tailored vitamin powders and oil, a touch of protein here, a change to cereals there. Elderly bodies require gentle, consistent support,” Aisha was quoted as saying in the book.

“Then came the gossip and the fearmongering. They said I wanted to kill him.

“My husband believed them for a week or so,” she said, adding that the president began locking his room, changed small habits, and crucially, “meals were delayed or missed; the supplements were stopped”.

“For a year, he did not have lunch. They mismanaged his meals,” she added.

Aisha denied stories of plots to poison her husband, adding that Buhari’s health began deteriorating because of “loss of a routine, ‘my nutrition,’ was the genesis of the crisis”.

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Former Kano LG Chairmen Endorse Tinubu, Reaffirm Loyalty to Ganduje as Kano APC Leader

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‎Former local government chairmen in Kano State who served between 2014 and 2024 under the administration of Dr. Abdullahi Umar Ganduje has endorsed President Bola Ahmed Tinubu for a second term and reaffirmed their loyalty to the immediate past National Chairman of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Dr. Ganduje, as the party’s leader in Kano State.

‎The former Chairman of the Association of Local Governments of Nigeria (ALGON) in the state, Baffa Takai, made this position known during a closed-door meeting with Kano APC stakeholders in Abuja.

‎‎The former local government chairmen also expressed their solidarity with APC stakeholders under the leadership of Hon. Abubakar Kabir Bichi, commending their efforts toward promoting unity and progress within the party.

‎They called on other party members to join hands with them in fostering peace, unity, and progress within the APC.

‎The group further reaffirmed its commitment to the party’s ideals and principles and pledged to continue working collectively to strengthen the party and ensure its victory in future elections.

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