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Nets
Dutse, Nov. 25, 2016 (NAN) The Jigawa Primary Health Care Development Agency (PHCDA), has distributed insecticide treated mosquito nets to primary and junior secondary schools students in Gwiwa Local Government Area of the state.
Malam Nasiru Lawan, the council`s Information Officer, made the disclosure on Friday in Dutse in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN).
He said that Malam Bala Roni the state Malaria Programme Coordinator distributed the nets in some selected schools on Thursday in Gwiwa.
Lawan quoted Roni as saying that the gesture was aimed at curtailing the spread of malaria among children in the area.
The information officer added that the nets were distributed to Primary 1 and Primary 4 pupils, as well as students in Junior Secondary School 1.
He added that Alhaji Tukur Indirawa, the local government’s Roll Back Malaria Coordinator, gave assurance that more schools would soon receive their nets. (NAN)
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Edited by Mustapha Lamidi/Archibong Asuquo