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Nigeria: Lead Poisoning - Fear Over Gusau Emir's Alarm
Tagged: Health, Nigeria, West Africa
By Ismail Mudashir, 1 September 2012
Gusau ? The alarm raised by the Emir of Gusau, Alhaji Mohammed Kabir Danbaba in Zamfara state, purporting a fresh outbreak of lead poisoning has set him on a collision course with the state government. Our correspondent chronicled the scenario.
On Wednesday, the Emir of Gusau Alhaji Mohammed Kabir Danbaba was aired on the state owned radio station announcing that four villages in his domain have been hit by a resurgence of the poisoning reportedly killing two persons.
In an announcement he personally read, the Emir said "We have confirmed that what happened in Anka and Bukkuyum two years back where many people died from a strange disease confirmed as lead poisoning is discovered in Gusau Emirate as result of the processing of gold ore within some communities..."
Nigeria: Lead Poisoning - Fear Over Gusau Emir's Alarm
Tagged: Health, Nigeria, West Africa
By Ismail Mudashir, 1 September 2012
Gusau ? The alarm raised by the Emir of Gusau, Alhaji Mohammed Kabir Danbaba in Zamfara state, purporting a fresh outbreak of lead poisoning has set him on a collision course with the state government. Our correspondent chronicled the scenario.
On Wednesday, the Emir of Gusau Alhaji Mohammed Kabir Danbaba was aired on the state owned radio station announcing that four villages in his domain have been hit by a resurgence of the poisoning reportedly killing two persons.
In an announcement he personally read, the Emir said "We have confirmed that what happened in Anka and Bukkuyum two years back where many people died from a strange disease confirmed as lead poisoning is discovered in Gusau Emirate as result of the processing of gold ore within some communities..."