Makarfi PDP faction asks Zamfara Governor to resign for attributing meningitis outbreak to God
The Ahmed Makarfi faction of the opposition Peoples Democratic Party has asked the governor of Zamfara State to resign over his comments, Tuesday, attributing the outbreak of Cerebro Spinal Meningitis in the country to God. The faction also said the “apathetic attitude of both the Zamfara State and Federal Government to curtail the scourge is disheartening and preposterous”. Zamfara is the worst hit state since the outbreak of the disease with over 200 deaths. Mr. Yari on Tuesday said God is using the disease to punish Nigerians for turning their backs on him. He validated his position by saying because God wants to use it to punish the people, he sent in Type C, which has no vaccination presently, rather than Type A for which vaccines are readily available. In a statement by its spokesperson, Dayo Adeyeye, on Wednesday, the Makarfi PDP faction said “the primary responsibility of any government is to protect the lives and property of its citizens and the APC-led government ...

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