Tears As Family Of 24 People Dies After Mistaking Fertilizer For Salt

&NewLine;<p style&equals;"font-size&colon;25px">A piece of sad news reaching our outfit indicates that a family of 24 people has died after they mistaken fertilizer for salt in their food&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<p>According to the details gathered by OccupyGh&period;com&comma; the incident happened in Danzanke village&comma; a remote community in the northwest state&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<figure class&equals;"wp-block-image size-full"><img src&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;occupygh&period;com&sol;wp-content&sol;uploads&sol;2021&sol;08&sol;Family-24-people-died-fertilizer-salt&period;jpg" alt&equals;"Family 24 people died fertilizer salt" class&equals;"wp-image-109813"&sol;><figcaption>Tears As Family Of 24 People Dies After Mistaking Fertilizer For Salt&NewLine;<&sol;figcaption><&sol;figure>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<p>Sokoto State health commissioner&comma; Ali Inname&comma; confirmed that the family mistakenly used fertilizer chemical popularly called ” Gishirin Lalle in Hausa” as a seasoning in domestic family cooking instead of table salt&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<p>He said medical personnel tried to save the victims’ lives without success&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<p>&OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;Regrettably&comma; the entire family who ate the meal lost their lives&comma; except two female members&comma; who merely tasted the food and are currently responding to treatment&comma; with very good chances of survival&comma;” Inname said&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<p>&OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;Attempts to save the lives of all the affected people by providing the needed medical care proved abortive&period;”<&sol;p>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<p>He disclosed that two members of the family who only tasted the food are now receiving treatment in a hospital&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<p>Inname advised people to always separate storage sites for food items from other agricultural and cosmetic items&comma; and to carefully check all ingredients and foodstuff before use&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<p>Inname said it was very important for the public to know that the fatalities were preventable&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<p>He said food stores should be secured to prevent access to flies&comma; while cooked food and water sources should be secured&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<p>The commissioner urged residents to &OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;report to a health facility or isolation camp in your area early when you observe any unusual symptoms or unusual condition&period;”<&sol;p>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<figure class&equals;"wp-block-image size-full"><img src&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;occupygh&period;com&sol;wp-content&sol;uploads&sol;2021&sol;08&sol;crying&period;jpg" alt&equals;"Family 24 people died fertilizer salt" class&equals;"wp-image-109818"&sol;><&sol;figure>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<ins class&equals;"adsbygoogle"&NewLine; style&equals;"display&colon;block"&NewLine; data-ad-format&equals;"autorelaxed"&NewLine; data-ad-client&equals;"ca-pub-6098654251180599"&NewLine; data-ad-slot&equals;"9741413754"><&sol;ins>&NewLine;<script>&NewLine; &lpar;adsbygoogle &equals; window&period;adsbygoogle &vert;&vert; &lbrack;&rsqb;&rpar;&period;push&lpar;&lbrace;&rcub;&rpar;&semi;&NewLine;<&sol;script>&NewLine;<p><strong>Source<&sol;strong>&colon; <a href&equals;"http&colon;&sol;&sol;OccupyGh&period;com">OccupyGh&period;com<&sol;a> <&sol;p><p class&equals;"has-text-align-center has-large-font-size"><a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;chat&period;whatsapp&period;com&sol;JVGCtXdCoiKHCI3CXwMC5l" target&equals;"&lowbar;blank" rel&equals;"noreferrer noopener">Tap To Join Our<&sol;a> WhatsApp Community<&sol;p> &NewLine;

Elisha Opoku-Fosu: Elisha Opoku-Fosu is a final year student of the University of Ghana, pursuing a degree in Fine Arts. Elisha is a fascinating celebrity writer. I also find local politics interesting and have plans of taking up a political task in the near future. You can contact me on Phone: +233242067933 or Email me on: ElishaOPF@gmail.com