The Governor of Kano State, Abdullahi Umar Ganduje, has disclosed plans to establish a center for people with intersex complications known as hermaphrodite in the state.
Ganduje said the project will be in partnership with the TETFund Centre of Excellence of the Usman Danfodiyo University, Sokoto (UDUS).
This was revealed on Thursday in a statement by the governor’s Chief Press Secretary, Abba Anwar, while receiving seven people from the UDUS Centre, who were sponsored by the state and underwent successful surgical operations.
Ganduje said, “We are now starting to establish a similar centre in Kano, in partnership with the Centre of Excellence, Usman Danfodiyo University, Sokoto State.
“We are institutionalizing the process and intervention. Our concern is always the health and happiness of our people.
“Kano state government was worried when we got information that there was one person with that intersex problem. We also learned that the person needed assistance for a surgical operation.
“We quickly intervened and took the patient to Usman Danfodiyo University, Sokoto.
“We then ordered for search for other similar cases in the state.
“We got six other cases, whom we also sent to UDUS, Centre of Excellence. Alhamdulillah all of them were successfully operated.”
The governor further noted that Kano being the most populous state in the country may have more of such persons. He ordered for the search of similar cases in the state saying the state will sponsor the operation of such persons.
He added that the 7 persons were operated free of charge as the state paid for all their bills.
