The Kano State Government has begun fumigation exercise and Vector Control across all the boarding secondary schools in the state.
This is contained in a statement issued by Isma’il Gwammanja, the Director of Enlightenment Ministry of Environment and issued to newsmen on Thursday.
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According to the statement, the commissioner for Environment and Climate Change, Nasiru Garo flagged off the fumigation exercise at Government Technical College, Ungoggo.
“The fumigation is part of the government’s effort in reducing the spread of communicable diseases across the schools,” the statement said.
Garo said the State government has placed top priority attention on the environment and climate change sector,
“It’s only when you have a good and habitable environment the health condition of the teeming populace would be protected,” he said.
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The Commissioner added that the exercise would be conducted every year in all boarding schools, Tsangaya, and Qur’anic schools to protect innocent children from mosquito bites, insects, and other reptiles.
He enjoined people in the state to continue to do the needful by complementing the government’s concerted effort to ensure a clean and healthy environment devoid of waste.
He said his ministry is always ready to accommodate any complaints or suggestions and collaborate with the general public for speedy development.
Earlier, the Executive Secretary of the Science and Technical School Board, represented by the Director of Physical Planning Alhaji Garba Ahmed expressed satisfaction with the government intervention in this direction.
He said it would go a long way in mitigating the spread of insecticide, rodents, mosquitoes, and other reptiles within the school compound, and would certainly boost the academic performance of students by way of being healthier.
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The Principal of the school Malam Mika’ilu Usaini described the fumigation and Vector Control as timely, especially now that we are at the period of the rainy season.
He said this would go a long way in reducing the number of illnesses among the students and the environment would be conducive to teaching and learning he stressed.
