Lawal, Aminu
Abdullahi, Suleiman Bello
Olorukooba, Abdulhakeem Abayomi
Hamza, Khadeejah Liman
Usman, Bilkisu
Abdulkadir, Amir
Abba, Shaimau Kabir
Yahaya, Shamsuddeen Suleiman
Nass, Nafisa Sani
Amadu, Lawal
Shuaibu, Zaharaddeen Babandi
Belgore, Salamatu
Iliyasu, Hadiza
Umar, Umar Muhammad
Jibril, Bashar Muhammad
Bashir, Suleiman Saidu
Ahmad, Adam
Saulawa, Fahad Abubakar
Babale, Muawiyyah Sufiyan
Abubakar, Alhaji Aliyu
Article History
Received: 22 February 2024
Accepted: 31 January 2025
First Online: 10 February 2025
Declarations
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: In accordance with the Declaration of “Helsinki” all research protocols were approved by the Health and Research Ethics Committee of Katsina State Ministry of Health bearing HREC number MOH/ADM/SUB/1152/1/357. Participants’ autonomy to make informed choice on whether to participate in the research or not was fully respected. Participants were assured of confidentiality of information provided while adequate explanation on possible risks and benefits were fully explained to the participants. Although there was no risk posed by participating in the research, the benefit of participating in the research which involves making use of the findings to drive policy change was fully explained to the participants. Participants were made to understand that no compensation would be provided for the time spent responding to the questions. Furthermore, this research was conducted by a team of researchers with ethical and scientific knowledge, training and qualification in the subject area.
: was obtained from all subjects and/or their legal guardian(s) in accordance with the Nuremberg Code.
: Not Applicable.
: The authors declare no competing interests.