From Mustapha Adamu, Kano
The Kano state government has revealed that the separated conjoined twins, received by Governor Abba Kabir Yusuf after returning from Saudi Arabia seven months ago, are still under its care.
Recall that Governor Yusuf, on September 12, 2025, received the Nigerian conjoined twins, Hassana and Hussaina, who returned to the country after undergoing a successful separation surgery in Saudi Arabia.
The twins, who arrived at the Malam Aminu Kano International Airport with their parents, were welcomed to a warm reception by government officials, community members, and representatives of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia.
The life-saving operation was carried out at the King Abdullah Specialist Children’s Hospital in Riyadh under the directives of King Salman bin Abdulaziz Al-Saud and Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman.
Hassana and Hussaina were flown to Saudi Arabia in October 2023, where a team of 38 specialists, including pediatric surgeons, neurosurgeons, and plastic surgeons, performed the delicate procedure that lasted about 14 hours and was completed in nine stages.
In an interview with our correspondent at Muhammad Abdullahi Wase hospital, where the twins undergo Physiotherapy, the state’s Commissioner of Health, Dr Abubakar Labaran Yusuf said the female twins are still under the custody of the government.
According to him, the government, on the directive of the state’s governor, is taking a good care of the twins and their parents.
Dr Yusuf said all the necessary of the twins and their family are being taken care of promptly.
“As you can see, the governor has kept to his promise, to take care of the children throughout their life. These children are doing well as you can see.
” We are here at the Muhammad Abdullahi Wase hospital.for weekly Physiotherapy session. They are indeed responding to treatment as one of the has started walking while the other twin sister can sit and stand firmly. This is a welcome development,” said Dr Yusuf.
The commissioner pointed out that he was at the hospital to bring the needed orthopedic items to be used for the twins.
” You see me today, i just came in to bring one of the supports needed for their physiotherapy for them to be able to stand and walk well,.
” We have just provided them with the basic needs. Even their nutrition, it is instructed that I provide them with a very good nutritional food, which i provide steadily. So the governor is taking a good care of these children,” he added.
Speaking also, the twins’ physiotherapist,. Dr Ibrahim Musa said the kids are fast responding to the physiotherapy.
According to Dr Musa, when they were brought to the unit for the first time,.they could not even sit but now one of them could walk while the other could sit and stand.
“We are recording a lot of progress. As you can see, one can walk around but the other one
can also stand, but can not walk unsupported. But the other can walk around by herself, so this is a great achievement compared to when they were brought.
“When they are brought here for the first time, they could not even stand up,” he said.
Dr Musa testified that the government is taking a good care of them children, adding that the commissioner was at the hospital to bring back slab and knee braces to support the kids’ recovery.
In their separate remarks, parents of the twins, Hassan Isa, father of the children and Suwaiba, their mother expressed gratitude to the governor for bringing support to them when they direly needed it.
They said the governor’s gesture was a lifetime opportunity to them as he brought succour when nobody could do it to them.
” This man (governor) didn’t know us but out of his compassion and generosity supported us when we direly needed it.
” We are in good condition. Alk our needs are being taken care of. Our twins are well fed with the needed nutritional food to help build their body and to God be the glory we are seeing the impact.
“They are doing well. They can sit and stand
One can even walk around, alhamdulillah.
” We are short of words to thank the governor. We can only pray for him. May Almighty God make him successful in his leadership. May he win his reelection bid in 2027. May He continue to enjoy God’s favours, ” they prayed.
Peoples Daily noted that the fast recovery of the patients highlights the efficiency of the physiotherapy unit at the Muhammad Abdullahi Wase hospital.
Observation has shown that effective services with state-of-the-art equipment and physiotherapy specialists are rendered at the hospital’s unit.
