Says national budget is now tilting in one direction in this country”.
KANO – Kano political strongman, Senator Rabiu Musa Kwankwaso on Thursday evening accused President Ahmed Bola Tinubu administration of prioritising Southwest development over the northern part of the country.
The criticism of the sitting President by Rabiu Musa Kwankwaso at the Stakeholders’ Dialogue on the 2025 Constitutional Amendment in Kano came amid claims that talks between the two for the latter to join the ruling party may have collapsed.
The former two term Governor of Nigeria most populous state alleged that “the national resources have been concentrated on the development of the southwest part of the country, while the north is being neglected.”
The former Kano governor stressed that most roads in the northern region are in a deplorable condition, whilst the APC government continues to allocate lump budgetary provisions for infrastructural development in the southwest region.
“Yesterday, I was to come by air, but unfortunately my airline decided to shift out takeoff. I had to come by road from Abuja.
“From Abuja to Kaduna to Kano was terrible and the road was started many years ago right from the beginning of the leadership of the APC.
