Buhari’s Daughter, Zahra Breaks Silence On COVID-19 Palliatives In Warehouses

The Nigeria’s President’s daughter Zahra Buhari-Indimi, has reacted to the palliatives seen in warehouses in some states in the country.

OnyxNews Nigeria reports that Zahra says the food items and other COVID-19 palliatives discovered in many warehouses across the country is evidence that her father, Muhammadu Buhari is not Nigeria’s problem.

Buhari’s Daughter, Zahra Breaks Silence On COVID-19 Palliatives In Warehouses

“Now that people confirmed that Buhari distributed enough palliatives nationwide, it is clear Buhari is not our problem,” Zahra wrote on Instagram on Sunday.

Thousands of Nigerians have in the last few days invaded warehouses in several states such as Lagos, Plateau, Osun, and Kwara in the wake of the #EndSARS protests.

In some cases, COVID-19 palliatives donated by the private sector-led Coalition Against COVID-19 were found in private homes of politicians.

Some of the items include cartons of noodles, sacks of garri, and bags of rice, some of which had spoilt due to poor and prolonged storage.

In Osun State, the government said it was waiting for officials from Abuja to come “commission” the goods hence the delay in distributing them while in Lagos, the Majority Leader of the House of Assembly, SOB Agunbiade, said he kept the palliatives in his Ikorodu home because he wanted to distribute them on his birthday.

According to report by PUNCH, Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project has asked the Independent Corrupt Practices and Other Related Offences Commission to investigate the circumstances surrounding the alleged hoarding of COVID-19 palliatives in warehouses in several states.

SERAP also urged the ICPC “to visit the states where COVID-19 palliatives have been discovered in warehouses, and to track and monitor the distribution of palliatives across the 36 states of the country, and the Federal Capital Territory, Abuja, to remove the risks of diversion, and ensure that the palliatives get to those most in need, and not used for political or corrupt purposes.”

Many Nigerians had complained about the increase rate of poverty in the country compounded by the lockdown ordered in the wake of the deadly pandemic, coronavirus.