…as FAAN describes act as irresponsible, unacceptable
Former Zamfara State governor, Abdulaziz Yari, has allegedly harassed an environmental officer enforcing the COVID-19 protocols put in place to check the spread of the deadly virus at the Malam Aminu Kano International Airport, Kano.
The incident was said to have occurred last Saturday at the MAKIA in Kano.
Yari was alleged to have pushed away the airport environmental officer, who had attempted to disinfect the luggage of the former governor, who was a passenger at the airport.
The former Zamfara governor was said to have queried the officer if he didn’t know he was a very important personality.
But reacting to the incident, Federal Airports Authority of Nigeria, in a statement on Wednesday, condemned Yari’s act, which it described as “irresponsible” and “unacceptable.”
According to the FAAN statement, “The Management of the Federal Airports Authority of Nigeria hereby strongly condemns the conduct of the former Governor of Zamfara State, Alh. Abdulaziz Yari, who blatantly violated the Public Health procedures (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 on COVID-19 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.
“FAAN hereby cautions 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.”
Following the resumption of domestic flights in the country since March, Aviation Minister, Hadi Sirika, had on Monday appealed to all personalities and governors to abide by the new protocols in place at the nation’s airports amid the pandemic.