By Uche Mbah
There has been palpable fear in Kano over the high profile deaths allegedly connected to the Coronavirus Pandemics. Kano State’s testing center was closed down for decontamination after a number of its staff tested positive for the virus. Samples are now sent to Abuja for results. Of the 489 samples sent, according to the governor, Umar Ghanduje, 74 tested positive for COVID 19.
All the deaths, according to reports, occurred within 24 hours.
The deaths include Prof. Ibrahim Ayagi; professor of physiology, Prof. Aliyu Abdullahi Umar Dikko; the Regional Manager of First Bank in Kano, Abdullahi Lawal; former Managing Director (MD) of the Defunct Continental Merchant Bank; and Mallam Musa Ahmad Tijjani, former Editor of Leadership Sunday and Triumph newspapers, Alh. Adam Iliyasu Dal, erstwhile Chairman of the Kano State Civil Service Commission Nasiru Maikano Bichi; Dr. Musa Umar Gwarzo; and Ustaz Dahiru Rabiu, former Grand Khadi of Kano State.
Kano has been in the news for record great dyings, as they appear to have not taken the coronavirus pandemic seriously. Only recently they organized a football match with the field packed full with not less than ten thousand people without social distancing.
The governor has been busy demanding more money than Lagos, which was given N10 billion to fight the pandemic. He demanded N15 billion. Meanwhile, he appears to be doing nothing to contain the virus apart from deporting Almajiris from the state.
More than 150 deaths were reported in Kano within the last one month.
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