Governor Abdullahi Ganduje of Kano has confirmed the first coronavirus case in Kano, the most populated state in Nigeria.
Speaking in Hausa language in a video recording, the governor said the patient had been taken to a designated isolated centre in the state.
He said the state government is working towards putting in place restrictive measures to contain the pandemic.
“We are liaising with religious and market leaders on the stringent measures to curtail large gatherings of people in places of worships and markets.”
Kano state is the most populated state in Nigeria according to the census conducted in 2006 and had a population of over 9 million people. It is located in the north-west geopolitical zone of Nigeria.
Created on May 27, 1967 from part of the Northern Region, Kano state borders Katsina State to the north-west, Jigawa State to the north-east, Bauchi State to the south-east and Kaduna State to the south-west. The capital of Kano State is Kano.
By PRNigeria