Minister of Water Resources, Alhaji Suleiman Adamu has expressed concern over the deplorable situation of sanitation and hygiene indices in the state compared to other states in the country.
The minister said the sanitation indices show that the state is the worst in the whole country when compared to other states such as Cross River among others.
Adamu made this assertion Tuesday when he paid a courtesy visit to Governor Muhammed Badaru Abubakar at Government House, Dutse.
The minister said the sanitation indices in Jigawa state is 6.7 which necessitate his call on the state governor to declare a state of emergency in the health sector.
He commended Jigawa state for achieving 86.6 percent provision of portable clean drinking water to its population and also second in terms of free open defecation in the country.
In his responds, Governor Muhammad Badaru Abubakar acknowledged the challenges his state is facing on the inadequate hygiene and sanitation facilities.
