“You might be mistaken!” Presidency roars at Kwankwaso

The Presidency has stated the 2023 presidential candidate of the New Nigeria Peoples Party, Senator Rabiu Kwankwaso, is mistaken to have claimed that the north has been uncared for by the Bola Tinubu-led administration.

Kwankwaso had alleged whereas talking at Coronation Corridor, Kano Authorities Home, on Thursday, throughout a stakeholders’ engagement assembly, that there was no equitable distribution of sources by the Federal Authorities.

He had stated: “Let me advise the Federal Authorities on the distribution of federal sources. From the knowledge out there to us, it’s like many of the nationwide price range is now tilting in a single course on this nation,” he stated.

“Let me advise those that are struggling by all means to take all the things to do not forget that a number of the points that we’ve got on this a part of the nation right now need to do with lack of sufficient sources and mismanagement of the little that is available in.

“That’s the reason we’ve got insecurity, we’ve got poverty, and so forth. It’s occurring right here primarily, however like a desert, it will go all over the place.”

However in an in depth rebuttal shared on his X deal with, Particular Adviser, Media & Public Communication to the President, Sunday Dare wrote, “Senator Kwankwaso. You might be mistaken. North not uncared for. President Tinubu has the north lined. Northern Nigeria not left behind.”

He then listed initiatives and programmes being executed by the administration within the north throughout completely different sectors.

A few of the initiatives listed by Dare are the Abuja-Kaduna-Kano Expressway, the Sokoto-Badagry Expressway, the $158.15m Agriculture Worth Chain (VCN) Programme for 9 northern states and the Kolmani Built-in Improvement Undertaking for Bauchi and Gombe States.

He additionally listed the Ahmadu Bello University Instructing Hospital, Zaria, Kaduna (North West), Federal Instructing Hospital, Katsina (North West), the University of Jos Instructing Hospital, Jos, Plateau (North Central), the Reference Hospital, Kaduna (North West) and the Usmanu Danfodiyo College Instructing Hospital, Sokoto (North West) as examples of initiatives beneath the Tinubu administration.

Learn Dare’s full publish under:

SENATOR KWANKWOSO. YOU ARE WRONG. NORTH NOT NEGLECTED.
PRESIDENT TINUBU HAS THE NORTH COVERED
NORTHERN NIGERIA NOT LEFT BEHIND.
SOME SAMPLERS/ EVIDENCE

SOME Federal Authorities Initiatives throughout Northern Nigeria Underneath President Tinubu’s Administration

AGRICULTURE
1. $158.15m Agriculture Worth Chain (VCN) Programme for 9 Northern states
2. Kolmani Built-in Improvement Undertaking (Bauchi and Gombe States)
3. Agro-Climatic Resilience in Semi-Arid Landscapes (ACReSAL) — a six-year World Financial institution–funded programme to revive 1 million hectares of degraded land and enhance local weather resilience in Northern Nigeria states
4. Kano River Undertaking (irrigation scheme) — large-scale built-in irrigation growth in Kano State, commissioned in 2023 and operational beneath the present administration

HEALTH

5. Ahmadu Bello University Instructing Hospital, Zaria, Kaduna (North West)
6. Federal Instructing Hospital, Katsina (North West)
7. University of Jos Instructing Hospital, Jos, Plateau (North Central)
8. Reference Hospital, Kaduna (North West)
9. Usmanu Danfodiyo College Instructing Hospital, Sokoto (North West)
10. Abubakar Tafawa Balewa University Instructing Hospital, Bauchi (North East)
11. Concord Superior Diagnostic Centre Advanced, Ilorin, Kwara (North Central)
12. Federal Medical Centre, Nguru, Yobe (North East)
13. Jos College Instructing Hospital, Jos, Plateau (North Central) — extra growth
14. Reinvigoration of about 1,000 Main Well being Facilities, PHCS within the North

ROADS AND HIGHWAYS

15. Kano–Kongolam Highway (Part II: Kano–Kanwar–Danja–Hadejia)
16. Yakasai–Zalli Highway
17. 1,068 km Sokoto-Badagry Tremendous Freeway (Northern part together with Sokoto and Kebbi)
18. 258 km, 3-lane Carriageway (Part 2, Part 2A: CH 120+000–CH 378+000) in Gulumbe, Kebbi State
19. Abuja–Kaduna–Zaria–Kano Twin Carriageway
20. Biu–Kangiwa–Kamba–Gaya–Niger Republic Highway (30 km section)
21. Malando–Garin Baka–Ngaski–Wara Highway (CH.0+000 – CH.79+586)
22. Koko–Besse–Zaria–Kala Highway
23. Abuja–Kaduna–Kano Freeway (375 km)
24. Restore of the Gamboru Bridge (Gamboru–Ngala–Kala–Balde Highway in Borno State)
25. Growth of Mararaba–Keffi Highway (43.65 km)
26. Building of Lafia Bypass Highway (Nasarawa State)
27. Kano–Maiduguri Twin Carriageway
28. Adamawa–Taraba Single Carriageway
29. Adamawa–Borno Single Carriageway
30. Kaduna–Jos Highway (Single Carriageway)
31. Zaria–Funtua–Gusau–Sokoto Highway (Twin Carriageway)
32. Zaria–Hunkuyi–Daya Highway (Sections I, II & III – 152.67 km) — rehabilitation undertaking in Kaduna and Kano States
33. Reconstruction of Dikwa–Gamboru–Ngala Highway (49.55 km) — strategic hall reconstruction in Borno State

ENERGY AND GAS

34. Ajaokuta–Kaduna–Kano Gasoline Pipeline (AKK) (614 km)
35. Gwagwalada Energy Plant (FCT, Abuja – related with AKK pipeline)
36. ABIBA Photo voltaic Energy Station, Kaduna (50 MW) — deliberate solar energy plant to spice up renewable power capability in Kaduna State

RAIL AND METRO

37. Kaduna–Kano Rail Line (203 km, a part of Lagos-Kano Rail Undertaking)
38. Kano–Maradi Rail Line (285 km, linking Kano, Jigawa, Katsina to Maradi in Niger Republic)
39. Kaduna Gentle Rail System — ₦100 billion price range allocation to develop gentle rail public transport in Kaduna
40. Abuja Metro Line Rehabilitation (Abuja Gentle Rail)

WATERWAYS & TRADE CORRIDORS

41. Trans-Sahara Commerce Route — infrastructure growth to attach commerce routes from Calabar by way of Nasarawa and Abuja in direction of Northern Nigeria and past

NATIONAL PROGRAMMES & INSTITUTIONS

42. Nationwide Company for the Nice Inexperienced Wall (NAGGW) — renewed mandate and management for desertification fight in Northern Nigeria
43. Nigeria Erosion and Watershed Administration Undertaking (NEWMAP) — ongoing erosion management and watershed infrastructure growth within the North.
All of those in solely two years by President Tinubu
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