Urine samples were collected from 493 pupils (5-16 years) at Wasai and Dingim wards in Minjibir Local Government Area of Kano State. The samples were examined for urinary Schistosomiasis infection. 218 (44.2%) of the pupils were infected. The prevalence rate was higher in Dingim (52.5%) than in Wasai (41.55%) .The rate of infection among males in Wasai was (56.28%) and 2.7% among females and no female was infected in Dingim. Haematuria was found in more than half (52.75%) of the infected pupils .The prevalence of infection are as follows (71.88%) ,(51.83%), (35.46%) for the age range 14-16,11-13, and 5-16 years respectively. This study gives the latest information on the rate of Schistosoma haematobium infection in the area and the need for an urgent intervention.

Fresh water bodies around the Jakara dam in Wasai town of Minjibir Local Government Area of Kano state were investigated for the presence of potential snail intermediate host. Five sites ,one stream, one burrow pit , one pond and two locations on the Jakara dam were investigated. Five species of snails, Bulinus globosus Morelet, the intermediate host of Schistosoma haematobium Bilharz, Biomphalaria pfeffeiri Krauss, the intermediate host of S. mansoni Sambon and Lymnea natalensis Krauss, the intermediate host of Fasiola gigantica Cobbold , P..conica and Bithynia tentaculata were encountered and investigated for trematode infections. B. globosus was the most frequently encountered in the two dam sites (Fako and Kwata) and was the only species shedding schistosome cercariae. Fishermen, children, female child hawkers were also found at the dam site. This clearly indicates Jakara dam is playing a role in the transmission of schistosomiasis.