COVID-19: KDC, BUK others support Tsangaya schools in Kano

Khalifa Dankadai Charitable (KDC) Foundation in collaboration with Kano State Qur’anic and Islamiyya Schools Management Board (KSQISMB) and Center for Infectious Diseases Research (CIDR), Bayero University Kano (BUK) with support from United State of American embassy Abuja have organized a sensitization and support programme for Tsangaya schools in the state against Covid-19.

Speaking during the sensitization flag- off the Executive Chairman KDC, Malam Khalifa Dankadai revealed that the foundation’s Community Library Covid-19 Support Program aims to sensitize Tsangaya Schools in Kano State on World Health Organization (WHO) and Nigeria Center for Disease Control (NCDC) safety guidelines through a high-level instructor training for KSQISMB Local Government Coordinators that will step it down to sensitize approved Tsangaya Schools.

He added that this also involved the provision of mini tanks to enable hand washing with running water and antiseptic soap.

According to him, the instructor training has commenced and it is facilitated by Professor Isa Sadeeq Abubakar, the Director of CIDR of BUK.

Participants at the sensitization include the Executive Chairman of KSQISMB, Shiek Gwani Yahuza Gwani Danzarga and Mallam Abdulrahman Tijjani, the coordinator of Kano State Musabaqa (Qur’anic recitation competition), who is also the Deputy Director training at KSQISMB.

The Executive Chairman appreciated KDC Foundation, the U.S Embassy Abuja and CIDR on behalf of Kano State Government and the entire Tsangaya Communities in Kano State, for the unique opportunities extended to them in this trying time.