Governor of Zamfara State, Abdulaziz Yari, has said that the
current outbreak of Type C Cerebrospinal Meningitis, is God’s way of punishing
Nigerians.
Yari stated this while speaking with journalists at the
Presidential Villa in Abuja on Tuesday.
The Governor claimed that God is unleashing his wrath on
Nigerians, for turning their back on him.
“What we used to know as far as meningitis is concerned is
the Type A virus. The World Health Organisation, WHO, has carried out
vaccinations against this Type A virus not just in Zamfara, but many other
states.
“However, because people refused to stop their nefarious
activities, God now decided to send Type C virus, which has no vaccination.
“People have turned away from God and he has promised that
‘if you do anyhow, you see anyhow’ that is just the cause of this outbreak as
far as I am concerned.
“There is no way fornication will be so rampant and God will
not send a disease that cannot be cured,” Yari said.
He also dispelled insinuations that his government failed to
act accordingly.
Yari said he called an emergency meeting with top state and
local government officials and traditional rulers, adding that “the meeting
came out with a strategy to be adopted and the money required to deal with the
outbreak and a lot of work is going on”.
