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Ex-Lawmaker writes Buhari over “massive deaths” in Azare
May 10, 2020 Najib Sani News
A former house of representatives member representing katagum local government constituency of Bauchi state Honourable Ibrahim Baba Friday wrote a letter to the president Muhammadu Buhari over the outbreak of coronavirus pandemic in Azare, Katagum local government which allegedly killed about 100 people.
In the letter entitled “MASSIVE COVID-19 OUTBREAK IN AZARE: REQUEST FOR URGENT ACTION”, a copy which was made available to our correspondent, the ex lawmaker claimed that the deaths occured in the last one week.
“Your Excellency, Sir, I write to draw your kind attention to the massive outbreak of coronavirus in Azare town and environs in Bauchi State, which has already resulted in over 100 fatalities in the last one week, and this has thrown the entire area into great mourning, panic and confusion.
“The centrality and proximity of Azare to Bauchi, Kano and some major cities of Jigawa State make the town’s large population susceptible to the virus due to the already existing large cases of the disease in those areas.” He said.
According to him, the deaths were not reported ‘because media coverage is always largely skewed towards states capitals and other more prominent cities’ saying he wrote to the president so that urgent action could be taken to arrest the unpalatable situation...
Ex-Lawmaker writes Buhari over “massive deaths” in Azare
May 10, 2020 Najib Sani News
A former house of representatives member representing katagum local government constituency of Bauchi state Honourable Ibrahim Baba Friday wrote a letter to the president Muhammadu Buhari over the outbreak of coronavirus pandemic in Azare, Katagum local government which allegedly killed about 100 people.
In the letter entitled “MASSIVE COVID-19 OUTBREAK IN AZARE: REQUEST FOR URGENT ACTION”, a copy which was made available to our correspondent, the ex lawmaker claimed that the deaths occured in the last one week.
“Your Excellency, Sir, I write to draw your kind attention to the massive outbreak of coronavirus in Azare town and environs in Bauchi State, which has already resulted in over 100 fatalities in the last one week, and this has thrown the entire area into great mourning, panic and confusion.
“The centrality and proximity of Azare to Bauchi, Kano and some major cities of Jigawa State make the town’s large population susceptible to the virus due to the already existing large cases of the disease in those areas.” He said.
According to him, the deaths were not reported ‘because media coverage is always largely skewed towards states capitals and other more prominent cities’ saying he wrote to the president so that urgent action could be taken to arrest the unpalatable situation...