Cholera kills six in Kebbi State

Six people have died after an outbreak of cholera in Shanga local government area of Kebbi State, ‘The Post Express’ reported on Wednesday. According to the newspaper, Council Chairman Haliru Dusu said the Council had sent medicines to the affected villages to try to stop the disease from spreading. He added that the council had spent about N100,000 (US $1 = 94.5 Nigerian Naira) to control the disease and appealed to the state and federal governments for help. He also urged the federal government to help Dogu Raha village which was being threatened by gully erosion, adding that 50 houses had already been destroyed there. The cost of controlling erosion in the village had been put at N54 million, a sum, Dusu said, beyond the reach of the Council.