The personal assistant to President Muhammadu Buhari on social media, has come down hard on the governor of Zamfara state, over his claim that God sent type C Cerebrospinal Meningitis to punish Nigerians for their sins.
Zamfara State Governor, Alhaji Abdul’aziz Abubakar Yari
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reported earlier today that while speaking with State House Correspondents at the Presidential Villa Abuja after a private meeting with President Buhari on Tuesday, Zamfara State Governor, Abdulaziz Yari, said that the outbreak of Meningitis in the country was a direct punishment from God to the people of Nigeria for their various sinful acts.
In a swift reaction, President Muhammadu Buhari's personal assistant on social media, Lauretta Onochie, lambasted the governor over his claim that God sent type C Cerebrospinal Meningitis to punish Nigerians for their sins, and wondered how the governor attained political relevance.
She said rather than exhibiting ignorance, Governor Yari should at least watch television to understand factors responsible for the disease.
“I think it becomes a case of the ignorance and the misinformed. And I continue to wonder how such people attained political relevance,” she wrote quoting a tweet from Maupe Ogun, a Channels TV correspondent.
“Even if he doesn’t or can’t read, he surely should watch TV & be educated on d issue, just like the rest of us who are not medical.”
Maupe had said: “I’m afraid it becomes political when Zamfara Gov tells us that it’s punishment from God…did that inform the handling attitude.”
Below is how it went down on social media;