GOVERNOR FINTIRI'S DEFT MOVE TO TACKLE CORONAVIRUS AMIDST ANTAGONISM. By George Kushi
"Discerning citizens have unfolded their shenanigans and known that their role in the previous government has something to do with their warped attempt to tarnish the image of the present government".
In
the face of the scary COVID-19 pandemic, the Government of Adamawa state
under Governor Umar Fintiri has been faced with a number of problems arising
from how to curb the pandemic.
First
in the order of things, is how to prevent the disease from entering the state;
a herculean task, considering the vast boarders of the state locally and
internationally.
The
second is the recalcitrant and stubborn nature of the citizenry that refused to
appraise the imminent danger that the pandemic posed, as it was viewed as something
remote to the state (a rich man's disease) until the first case was reported in
the state despite protracted attempts by the government to create awareness
about the danger that it posed.
However,
the persistent attempts by the government have been able to check the spread of
the virus in the past few weeks.
It
is therefore not surprising that Adamawa State has in the past few weeks
received its share of media representation of the corona pandemic following the
single case discovered in the state. However, the most unfortunate thing
related to the incident is that some people rushed to the mass media to heap
blame on the state government and the person of Governor Ahmadu Umaru
Fintiri for dubious political reasons.
Their
campaign, which is meant to cause disaffection for the government, is largely
orchestrated by charlatan spin-masters whose job was to lie in the past four
years and to create hatred in the current dispensation. However, discerning
citizens have unfolded their shenanigans and known that their role in the
previous government has something to do with their warped attempt to tarnish
the image of the present government.
A
lot can be said on the events in Adamawa State to the benefit or detriment of
the government of Governor Ahmadu Umaru Fintiri, but one thing that is becoming
visible is the fact that some people do not wish him well.
Events
in Adamawa state have been reported by the mass media by those predisposed to
discredit the government and make it appear as an unfeeling and corrupt
government by creating false images and fabricating lies that shroud the
innovative and proactive measures of governor Fintiri to check the spread of
the virus in Adamawa state an act that has kept the virus at one of the lowest
levels in Nigeria.
However,
his traducers are no- good- doers that do not wish him and the people of
Adamawa state well and are therefore hell-bent to denigrate the
government’s efforts by lying on all fronts.
Opponents
of the government, especially members of the All Progressive Congress (APC)
have been in the forefront of circulating false information to the state about
the government in handling issues. One of them is the crass falsification of
supposed supply of 50 trucks rice (30,000 thousand bags of rice) as palliative
materials to the state.
In
reality, only three (3) trucks of 1800 bags of rice came into the state from
the Federal Government through the Ministry of Humanitarian Affairs.
In
their effort of discredit the government of Fintiri, his traducers have even
tried to find fault in the lockdown order meant to control the spread of the
disease. In some Instances, their utterances are meant to incite people to
flout the order. In the first instance, they claimed that people would die of
hunger due to the slump in commercial activities. The thing they fail to
comment on is that the government gave ample time for people to stock up their
supplies before the lock down. The government ensured that salaries were paid
to ease the crunch that the populace of this predominantly civil service state
would face.
The
spread of this dreaded disease forced the government to declare a regime to
lockdown in the best interest of the people so as to avoid the unfortunate
instance as is the case in sister states like Lagos, Kano and the Federal
capital Territory.
Even
this measure that has curtailed the spread of the virus in Adamawa state that
should attract encomiums has failed to silence them. On the other hand,
they are trying to distract the government abd the people with false
accusations of pilfering and corruption without due investigation of the
real situation.
In
the current situation, it has become clear that there are people in the state
that are so obsessed with power such that at a critical moment like this
instead of joining hands to check the spread of COVID-19 they are
occupied trying to distract government by making false accusations and
statements that can cause disaffection amongst the populace.
It
is therefore imperative that those lying politicians and their cohorts in
hostile media houses be ignored. The discerning populace should instead seek
for explanations only from reliable sources, which Fintiri’s government has
always provided on demand.
The
best interest of the state can best be served if rumors emanating from such
people is not paid any attention, since from all indications they mean no good
to the good people of Adamawa State as the government will remain focused and,
will continue to do all things possible to make sure that the virus does not
spread, as it is obtained in other places.
The
Fintiri government is on top of the game and God willing, Adamawa will come out
successfully despite the wicked machinations of those who want to use the
calamitous pandemic to secure cheap political goals.
Adamawa
People will instead STAY SAFE so that posterity will have a good laugh after
the PANDEMIC and thereafter!!!
George Kushi is the Chief
Press Secretary to the Deputy Governor of Adamawa State
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