The Federal Airports Authority of Nigeria (FAAN) on Wednesday morning called out former Zamfara State governor, Abdulaziz Yari for violating protocols put in place at the Kano Airport to check the spread of Covid-19.
FAAN in a public notice on its official Twitter handle disclosed that Yari stopped officials from disinfesting his bags, because he was a VIP.
FAAN in the statement said: “FAAN hereby strongly condemns the conduct of the former Governor of Zamfara State, Alh. Abdulaziz Yari who blatantly violated the Public Health procedures on Covid-19 on travels at the Malam Aminu Kano International Airport on Saturday 11th July 2020.
“He refused to adhere to the protocols and procedures put in place by the Federal Government through the Presidential Task Force (PTF) on Covid-19 by forcefully pushing away an officer of the Environment department when he insisted that his luggage must be disinfected.
“The former governor said the officer should have known he is a VIP. This irresponsible act endangers all other airport users, it is unacceptable, and as such it has been duly escalated”.
The authority cautioned “all airport users, especially our esteemed VIPs, to please respect the Presidential directive by observing the Public Health travel protocols put in place to protect all air travellers against infection and the spread of the covid-19 pandemic”.
