The traditional rulers and governors from the northern part of Nigeria have expressed their resolve to seek the support of President Muhammadu Buhari to tackle some of the dire health challenges facing the region, especially the Cerospinal Meningitis (CSM) outbreak.

The leaders also pledged to get behind the health agenda of the federal government in a bid to improve health outcomes of their people.

The group in a statement issued yesterday by the Head of Media and Public Relations, Ministry of Health, Mrs. Boade Akinola, reached the decision last Tuesday during the emergency meeting of the Northern Traditional Rulers Committee on Primary Health Care (PHC) delivery.

The meeting was jointly convened by the Sultan of Sokoto, Alhaji Abubakar Saad III, and the Minister of Health Prof. Isaac Adewole, in response to the outbreak of Cerebrospinal Meningitis.

According to the communiqué delivered by the Chairman of the Nigeria Governors' Forum, Abdulaziz Yari of Zamfara State, the committee will embark on a high level advocacy visit to the president to seek his leadership support to ensure efficient mobilisation of resources for the health of the northern people who are the most vulnerable.