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Nigerian Women’s Tweets About The Women Killed Giving Polio Vaccines In Kano.
Female health workers administering anti-polio vaccine were killed on Friday in Kano. A similar attack was also carried out on health workers in Pakistan recently. Although nobody has yet claimed responsibility for these attacks, it is believed that it is related to previous campaign against polio vaccination by some religious sects. The is so sad because WHO has suspended the vaccination in Pakistan because of these attacks, just when Polio is on the verge of being eradicated with just Pakistan, Afghanistan, and Nigeria still reporting infections.
Here are some reactions from Nigerian women on Twitter to this sad incident.
Wat could possibly be d Sin of female polio vaccinators?whyever will any1 want 2 kill them?this is totally evil,God will xpose d evil doers
— iˡᶤᶬᶤᵗᵉᵈᵉᵈᶤᵗᶤᵒᶰ® (@Lady_Deelicious) February 8, 2013
I’m sure the sponsors ofthe monsters that shot health workers in Kano immunized their own kids. Hell isn’t hot enough — pdbraide (@pdbraide) February 8, 2013
3 countries continue to report infections, Pakistan, Afghanistan/Nigeria. With #WHO putting a halt to the vaccination program what next? — Abang Mercy-Asu (@AbangMercy) February 8, 2013
Health workers are not your enemy. They are servants with little or no compensation compared to the risk of the job #Kanoshooting — Ifeoma Asiegbu (@NaijaEmigranta) February 8, 2013
You can’t provide vaccines.. What will it take you to make those who have offered to do it secured?? #polio #Kano — OPEYEMI .F. FASETAN (@flofash) February 8, 2013
Poor #Nigeria. Whilst other countries are focused on sustainability and wealth generation, the country is galloping hard…backwards. #Kano — Dupe Killa (@dupekilla) February 8, 2013
9 Female Polio eradication officers reportedly killed by gunmen inAt Unguwa Uku Kano Nigeria..KO-Now this is unacceptable!Why the action? — Mina(mimi) Ogbanga (@minaogbanga2) February 8, 2013
In a sane country, the corpers who died during elections and the health workers who died today deserve special recognition. — Oba’s Olori (@ZinnieP) February 8, 2013
Hearing more about the polio workers’ attack. So disheartening. The attackers used tricycles aka ‘a daidaita sahu’ I heard. — Zuby (@xubydoo) February 8, 2013
@seunfakze The sounds of gun shots woke me today, now am grieving 4 girls/women I know not. Just cos they wanted to help children, our kids.
— Marie Bello (@MarieBello) February 8, 2013
There are people who believe polio vaccines cause infertility therefore, immunisation workers should be killed. Madness!!!
— Maryam Abubakar (@mareeyama) February 8, 2013
Tagged Abang Mercy, Dupe Killa, Ifeoma Asiegbu, Marie Bello, Maryam Abubakar, Mina(mimi) Ogbanga, OPEYEMI .F. FASETAN
debby 'baroFeb 9, 2013 at 7:14 pm
This is happening in present day Nigeria? This wicked act is only a drag-back in proper healthcare provision, and the community suffers the most on the long run. Positive change cannot be denied, however they try.