Come out from the Safety of Aso Rock Villa to Promptly Activate Visible Action in Kano as ECOWAS COVID-19 Response Champion, PDP Tells Buhari

Come out from the Safety of Aso Rock Villa to Promptly Activate Visible Action in Kano as ECOWAS COVID-19 Response Champion, PDP Tells Buhari

Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has charged President Muhammadu Buhari, the ECOWAS COVID-19 Response Champion, to come out from the safety of Aso Rock Villa to promptly activate concrete and visible action to investigate and arrest the situation in Kano State, where Nigerians are dying in their hundreds.

The opposition party demanded an immediate investigation into the disturbing mass death in Kano State, calling for a presidential visit to the state, where no fewer than 640 citizens had reportedly died under mysterious circumstances in the last one week.

The party’s call was predicated on conflicting reports emanating from Kano State on the cause of the sudden deaths particularly at this time that the nation is battling with the spread of COVID-19 pandemic.

PDP noted with "dismay that the Buhari Presidency had failed to take any concrete step on this frightening development, but is, as usual, waiting to be prodded to stand up to the demand of the office and proceed to Kano State to identity with the people, find solution and contain the ugly situation."

The party described...

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