Stop noise-making, Almajiris evacuated to Kano also tested positive – Ganduje fires back at el-Rufai
Governor Abdullahi Umar Ganduje of Kano State, on Sunday, hit hard his Kaduna State counterpart, Governor Nasir el-Rufai, saying the latter should stop noise-making and politicising the issue of Almajiris evacuated to the state who have tested positive to novel Coronavirus.
This was as Governor Ganduje said some of the Almajiri children also evacuated to Kano State during the exercise were COVID-19 positive.
The Kano governor said that the fact that it is, “I did not make noise about it doesn’t mean that they were all healthy and without COVID-19 infection”.
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Recall that Governor el-Rufai had said about 50 Almajiri children or more evacuated to the state from Kano State had tested positive for COVID-19 and also those from Jigawa and Gombe states being 16 and 8, respectively.
Governor Ganduje, in a statement by his Chief Press Secretary, Abba Anwar, which was made available to newsmen in the state, said what the children (Almajiri) needed at that critical point was care-giving instead of noise-making and politicising the issue.
The statement titled, “We are not making politics out of it; no noise making.
“To put record straight on the movement of Almajiri across states of the federation and how Kano embarks on the exercise.
“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 politicised.
“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.
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“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 care-giving.
“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 however read.
