The Emir of Kano, Muhammad Sanusi II, on Wednesday described Zamfara state governor Abdulaziz Yari, as an incompetent leader for failure to prepare for the
meningitis outbreak in his state despite being given prior warning.
“Abdulaziz Yari quite ludicrously said that the deadly meningitis rampaging his State is divine punishment for fornication. He didn’t say how this was revealed
to him because Zamfara certainly doesn’t have the highest number of fornicators in the nation.
Writing on his Instagram page, Sanusi said Nigerians are stuck with “inept” political leaders who pretend to be godly.
“We are stuck with political leaders who only pretend to be Godly because sycophants always refer to people in high political office as a “Godsend”. Paradoxically despite being ruled by all these “Godsends” we have spectacularly failed to progress as a nation.
“Muslim countries are holding their own in the modern world proving that Islam is not a religion of underdevelopment. However, the likes of Zamfara State
Governor Yari only strengthen this prejudice,” he said.
“His preposterous statement failed to take into account the fact that Meningitis isn’t a sexually transmitted ailment. The truth about the matter is that despite being warned of an impending outbreak his government took no steps to prepare. Now he blames God!
“It’s no secret that many of our political leaders are inept and not well educated. Nigerians have learnt from experience not to expect much from them.”
“There is an absence of apparent regret, remorse, or concern from the highest quarters of government who are busy fighting themselves,” he said.
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“Their time would be better spent trying to assuage the growing nationwide anger, frustration, divisiveness and resentment over atrocious living conditions
and an uncertain future.
“Something urgent needs to be done and the lack of vision or inspiration from politicians has left a vacuum in leadership.”
Speaking with journalists in Abuja last month, Hassan Musa, an APC chieftain described Yari as a self-righteous, self-indulgent, shallow, arrogant, incompetent
ideologue who doesn’t know anything about anything.