The
Emir of Kano has continued his war of words with Governor Abdul'aziz
Yari of Zamfara State for saying that meningitis is a punishment from
God.
Emir of Kano, Muhammadu Sanusi II
The Emir of Kano, Muhammadu Sanusi II, has again attacked Governor
Abdul’aziz Yari of Zamfara State as he said he has failed his people by
not curbing the spread of meningitis in the state.
The royal father said this on his official Instagram page on Tuesday.
The monarch said many Muslim countries like the United Arab
Emirates, Saudi Arabia and Indonesia were competing with other developed
western countries, lamenting that Muslim-dominated states in northern
Nigeria were only using their own knowledge to impoverish their people.
According to Sanusi II, the Governor displayed ignorance for saying
that meningitis outbreak, which had claimed over 200 lives in Zamfara
State, was a punishment from God for the sin of fornication.
Sanusi stated, “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.
“Abdulaziz Yari quite ludicrously said 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.
“His preposterous statement fails 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! We are stuck with political leaders who only pretend to be
godly because sycophants always refer to people in high political office
as a ‘God-sent’.
“Paradoxically, despite being ruled by all these ‘God-sents’,
we have spectacularly failed to progress as a nation. 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.”
Sanusi further added that politicians in the country have used
every means possible to improverish their people as they lack vision and
good intentions to lead.
The former Governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria added that
conservative leaders had twisted the minds of several northern youths
such that almost all the artisans in Kano were from southern Nigeria
while the Kano indigenes had turned to begging.
He said, “I choose to fight for the progress of Nigerians and
suggest solutions to their problems. It’s my duty to speak the truth
about the ill-effects of conservative Muslims who are harming Islam
rather than helping it.
“I still believe that conservative Muslims are still stuck in
the 13th Century and their claim that children need no other knowledge
than Islamic studies flies in the face of reality. All the poverty,
under-development and immense suffering in the North are a result of
uneducated masses refusing to learn work or trade.
“The majority of technicians in Kano are from the south while
untrained indigenes beg. How does that make sense? Why is it that
conservative Muslims, who claim to be against scientific progress, enter
aeroplanes and fly to perform the Hajj in Mecca rather than using
camels to cross the desert!
“Unless northern political leaders like Governor Yari pay
attention to me, there will never be a day when anywhere in the North
will be like the modern Muslim cities of Kuala Lumpar, Istanbul,
Jakarta, Lahore, Greater Cairo, Dacca, Karachi, Dubai, Riyadh or
Faisalabad.”
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