Pan-Yoruba socio-political organisation, Afenifere, has reacted to some claims made by former presidential candidate of New Nigeria People’s Party, Rabiu Kwankwaso.
Recall that Mr. Kwankwaso had said that President Bola Tinubu’s administration is snubbing Northern part of the country in terms of developmental projects.
The former governor of Kano State also accused Federal Government of concentrating resources in one part of the country while neglecting other regions.
He added that mismanagement of resources at the national, state, and local levels has worsened poverty and insecurity, especially in the north.
Reacting to Kwankwas’s claims in a statement on Friday, Abagun Omololu, National Organizing Secretary of the Reuben Fasoranti-led faction of Afenifere, described the claim as grossly misleading and deliberately incendiary.
Omololu said that it is unfortunate that Kwankwaso would make such comments without regard for facts.
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He said: “No region in Nigeria has received more federal presence in the last decade than the north.
“Perhaps he is unaware that critical road projects have been initiated and awarded across the North, including the dualisation of the Kano-Maiduguri Road, the Sokoto-Tambuwal-Jega Road, and the Abuja-Keffi-Lafia corridor.
“The Ajaokuta-Kaduna-Kano, AKK, gas pipeline, neglected by past regimes, is being fast-tracked.
“Just weeks ago, President Tinubu approved billions for critical infrastructure in Katsina, Borno, and Niger States.
“We must rise above ethnic saboteurs and sectional agitators masquerading as patriots. Let statesmen, not ethnic lords, shape the conversation.”
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