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Screening of Pensioners threatens Covid 19 protocols

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By Danliti Ibrahim

 

The Kano state govt is conducting a screening exercise of its pensioners across the 44 LGs.

The Screening which commences Monday 12th October came at the eve of raging impact of Covid-19.

Many people who attended the exercise were worried on the exercise, given their susceptibility of the elderly group to Covid-19 transmission.

More than 1000 pensioners were not paid June pensions in Kano

The pensioners were mostly in their late sixties were sighted by our Correspondent at Ungogo local government struggling to get screened by the authorities.

Many people interviewed by Nigerian Tracker Correspondent see the exercise as Ill timed, and suggested for better ways to screen the pensioners without subjecting them to hardship as the world is ravaged by Covid-19.

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