“A cancelled flight forced me to go by road, and it was hell,” Kwankwaso said, lamenting road conditions in the North.
The Presidency has dismissed accusations by Senator Rabiu Kwankwaso, the 2023 presidential candidate of the New Nigeria Peoples Party, that President Bola Tinubu’s administration is neglecting Northern Nigeria.
Kwankwaso had said at a constitutional dialogue in Kano that federal attention was skewed in favour of the South, worsening poverty and insecurity in the North.
Reacting via his X handle on Friday, the Special Adviser to the President on Media and Public Communication, Sunday Dare, stated, “The claim that Northern Nigeria has been left behind is incorrect. The Tinubu administration has initiated and continued several landmark projects in the North.”
Dare listed major road, energy, health, and agriculture projects, including the Abuja–Kaduna–Kano Expressway, the Ajaokuta–Kaduna–Kano Gas Pipeline, and the Gwagwalada Power Plant.
He also noted extensive health centre upgrades and agricultural investments across nine Northern states.
“Northern Nigeria is not left behind. From road networks to gas pipelines, agriculture, health, and rail, this administration has the North well covered,” Dare added.