Kebbi State Government, yesterday, said it has offered free treatment to 23,542 patients with mental illness at the Zauro Psychiatric Medical Outreach from 2023.
Commissioner for Religious Affairs, Muhammad Sani-Aliyu, made this known at the weekly ministerial press briefing, organised by the state’s Ministry of Information and Culture.
He said “The ministry intervenes in cases of mental health and other social challenges.
“Between May 2023 and now, 23,542 patients with mental illness cases received treatment and medications at the Zauro Psychiatric Medical Outreach in Birnin Kebbi.”
On regulation of the conduct of Almajiris, Sani-Aliyu disclosed that a unit had been established to carry out demography of Islamiyya and Almajiri schools in the state, saying “over 1,500 cases have been handled by the state Hisbah under the Shari’a Department of the ministry to usher peace, tranquility and brotherhood in our society.”
