COVID-19: Stop making noise - Ganduje blasts El-rufai

Governor Abdullahi Umar Ganduje of Kano State on Sunday told Kaduna State Governor Nasir El-Rufai to stop making noise about almajirai evacuated to the state who have tested positive to novel coronavirus. Ganduje said in a statement that Almajiris brought back to Kano from other States, have also tested positive to Coronavirus.

Chief Press Secretary, to Ganduje, Abba Anwar in a statement made available to newsmen said what the children (almajirai) need at that critical point was caregiving instead of noise making.

“We agreed at the Northern Governors Forum that all Almajiris moved to their states of origin. That is why we are sending, in good faith and procedures, all Almajiris that are not from Kano state to their respective states of origin.

“The exercise was not political and should not be politicized. “The way we are sending back Almajiris to their states of origin, we are also receiving Almajiris from other states who are Kano indigenes. But the fact that we are not making noise about it does not mean they are all healthy without COVID-19 infections.

“Let’s make it categorically clear that, some of the Almajiris brought to Kano during the exercise, are also COVID-19 positive, but we are not making politics out of it. Because we all believe that what they need most now, is not noise making or publicity. What they need at this critical point in time is, caregiving.

“People should also understand that these children were not infected in the process of transporting them to their respective states. So noise making is not fit as a way forward. All we are doing is simply to comply with the Northern Governors’ Forum decision that all Almajiris in our states should be taken back to their respective states, simple,” the statement reads.