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| Abdulaziz Yari |
Minister of State for Health says
the outbreak of Meningitis in some parts of the country has nothing to do with
moral or spiritual lifestyles of Nigerians as postulated by Governor
Abdulaziz Yari of Zamfara State.
Dr. Osagie Ehanire, trashed the governor’s
statement in an interview with State House correspondents on Wednesday in Abuja
at the end of the Federal Executive Council meeting.
President Muhammadu Buhari presided
over the meeting.
Gov. Abdulaziz Yari of Zamfara was
on Tuesday quoted to have attributed the outbreak of the meningitis ‘C’ on
fornication and other sins being committed by Nigerians. Clearly, Yari was
playing a blame game instead of taking responsibility for his inaction.
Zamfara has been the worst hit state
since the seasonal disease broke with reports of vaccine shortage in the state
and hundreds of people dying.
Ehanire said that the outbreak of
the virus had nothing to do with the lifestyles of Nigerians.
According to him, nature only played
“a fast one’’ on the affected states.
“The federal government does not
have views of that nature and I am not sure the state government can really
continue to make that statement.”
“When things happen, yes you can
begin to look this way and that way for the cause of it.”
“But like I said, nature played us
an unfortunate stroke but that is not to say we committed sin or anything.”
