Former Nigerian minister is dead [PHOTOS]

<p><strong>A former Minister of Labour and Productivity&comma; Alhaji Hussaini Zanwa Akwanga is dead&period;<&sol;strong><&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Akwanga died Friday&comma; at the age of 77 after a protracted illness in his country home Akwanga&comma; the headquarters of Akwanga local government of Nasarawa State&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>The deputy chairman of Akwanga local government area of Nasarawa State&comma; Alhaji Safiyanu Isa&comma; confirmed the death of the former Minister&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p><img class&equals;"alignnone size-medium wp-image-11670" src&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;openlife&period;ng&sol;wp-content&sol;uploads&sol;2021&sol;12&sol;images-32-300x176&period;jpeg" alt&equals;"" width&equals;"300" height&equals;"176" &sol;><&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>He has since been buried according to Islamic rites in his home town&comma; Akwanga&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Meanwhile&comma; the Nasarawa State government is to establish a Lassa fever testing centre as the disease hit the state and claimed the lives of two consultant gynaecologists&comma; a woman and the baby&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Chief Medical Director &lpar;CMD&rpar;&comma; Dalhatu Araf Specialist Hospital&comma; Dr&period; Ikrama Hassan&comma; disclosed this while addressing healthcare workers from the facility who stage a solidarity procession in honour of their deceased colleagues&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>According to the CMD&comma; the management of the hospital in conjunction with the State governnent&comma; have expressed its unreserved preparedness and willingness to do all within their powers to ensure that state establish a testing Centre for Lassa fever&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>&nbsp&semi;<&sol;p>&NewLine;