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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.”

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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Mutiu Adepoju Urges NFF to Retain Augustine Eguavoen as Super Eagles Coach

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Former international, Mutiu Adepoju, has urged the Nigeria Football Federation (NFF) to keep Augustine Eguavoen in charge of the Super Eagles.

Eguavoen took charge of the Super Eagles in interim capacity in September.

The 59-year-old guided the team to qualify for AFCON 2025 with three wins, two draws and one defeat.

The NFF are reportedly still planning to hire a foreign coach for the three-time African champions.

Adepoju however said his former teammate should stay in charge of the team.

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“I would rate him very well. Number one, we’ve qualified for the AFCON, which is one of the objectives,” he told Brila FM.

“I would say he has done well and is still doing well.

“They should keep encouraging him. I believe he’s getting things done, I will rate him high, let just keep supporting him.”

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Kano State Hosts 8th Annual Audit Forum to Enhance Transparency and Accountability

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The 8th Annual Audit Forum, organized by the Office of the Auditor General of Kano State, was held recently, focusing on strengthening transparency and accountability in public financial management. .

Isma’ila Musa, the Auditor General of Kano State, welcomed the participants and highlighted the constitutional and legal mandates that guide the auditing process. “Sections 125(2) of the 1999 Constitution of the Federal Republic of Nigeria (as amended) and 36(i) of the Kano State Audit Law, 2021 (as amended) mandate the Office of the Auditor General to audit the accounts and financial statements of the State Government and all Offices and Courts,” he stated.

Musa expressed immense gratitude to His Excellency, Engineer Abba Kabir Yusuf, the Governor of Kano State, for his support in making the event possible. “It is very important to note that a strengthened fiscal transparency will help build trust in governance,” he emphasized. He added that the Audit Forum is a reform intended to reduce opportunities for corruption and abuse of public resources, thereby increasing the efficiency of public expenditures.

The Auditor General also acknowledged the contributions of various officials, including the Hon. Commissioner Ministry of Planning and Budget, the Accountant General, the Executive Chairman of Kano Internal Revenue Services, and former Auditors General, among others. “My sincere appreciation to all the invitees here present for honoring our invitation. I wish us a successful 8th Kano State Annual Audit Forum,” Musa concluded.

In his remarks, the Chairman of the House Committee on Public Accounts, Honorable Tukur Fagge, praised the exercise for its potential to enhance resource management and ensure the success of the tasks at hand. “This exercise will enhance resources management and will realize the success of the task,” Fagge stated.

Sarkin Shanon Kano, Shehu Muhammad Dankadai, who served as the royal father of the day, also graced the event, adding to the significance of the occasion.

The forum underscored the commitment of the Kano State Government to upholding transparency and accountability, reflecting the administration’s dedication to effective and efficient service delivery.

 

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Breaking: Former Secretary of Federal Electoral Commission, FEDECO, Ahmadu Kurfi Passes On at 93

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Late Alhaji Ahmadu Kurfi

 

A former secretary of the Federal Electoral Commission, Alhaji Ahmadu Kurfi, has passed away.

A family source, Jafar Yakubu, informed NIGERIAN TRACKER about the death of the pioneer secretary of the Federal Electoral Commission, who supervised the 1979 general election.

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Jafar Yakubu said Alhaji Ahmadu Kurfi died at the age of 93 and his Janaza funeral prayers will take place by 2:30 PM at Kurfi in KATSINA state .

 

Dr. Amadu Kurfi, OFR, was born in 1931. He was a former chairman of the then Marketing Board, former Federal Permanent Secretary of the Federal Ministry of Defence, and the first person to acquire a BSc degree in the whole of Katsina State, at University College London in 1957.

 

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