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Niger state commissioner replies critics who attacked him for presenting N400k phone to his wife as birthday gift

Over the weekend, the Commissioner for local government, community development and Chieftaincy Affairs in Niger state, Abdulmalik Sarkin Daji, had a family get together to celebrate his second wife who turned a year older. He presented an iPhone 11 Pro worth about N400, 000 to her as a birthday gift.

He shared a video that captured the moment he presented the phone to his excited wife, and this sparked outrage among some residents of the state. They accused him of been insensitive and flaunting his wealth even as they battle the economic hardship of the COVID19 pandemic. .

A commenter on his Facebook page wrote: “This Commissioner is heartless. This shows he is making of our plight. ”
Another Facebook user, Aliyu Enagi commented: “25 workers salary @ 30,000 each. Allah ya karba. Imagine how many salaries this IPhone will pay?”
Another Facebook user, Muhammad Teekay also wrote with an emoji of outrage, ” 20% of my mum’s salary’.

The Commissioner has replied his critics after putting his Facebook page on private.

In an interview with The Nation, Daji said he was shocked that people can be angry that he gifted his own wife such a phone. He explained that as a successful legal practitioner, a two-time local government Chairman and now serving Commissioner, iPhone 11 should not be something he can not afford for his wife as a birthday gift.

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