Kebbi rejects MSF-linked report on child deaths

The Kebbi State Government has dismissed a report linked to Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) on child deaths in the state, describing it as false, misleading, and completely inconsistent with the current realities in Kebbi State.
In a statement issued by the Governor’s Special Adviser on Media and Publicity, Yahaya Sarki, the government said the report claimed UNICEF data showed that about 30 newborns and 100 children under the age of five die every day in Kebbi, with half of the deaths linked to malnutrition.
According to the government, MSF’s Public Relations Officer in Nigeria, Abdulkarim Yakubu, later clarified that the figures were based on data from 2018 and were never intended to...