Sokoto State Government has ordered the closure of the Government Girls College, Sokoto, with immediate effect following the outbreak of gastroenteritis, death of two students and hospitalisation of 70 others.
Commissioner for Science and Technology, Hajia Kulu Abubakar, at a press briefing on Friday, disclosed that Governor Aminu Tambuwal gave the directive for the closure of the school.
“When the ministry got wind of the outbreak of the disease, we immediately contacted the Ministry of Health, and the timely intervention of the ministry manifested in reducing the death rate, else it could have been more than two,” Abubakar said.
Abubakar also said that the Ministry of Water Resources would ensure the provision of potable water to all schools in the state.