Tinubu not favoring south – Afenifere tackles Kwankwaso’s ‘incendiary’ claims

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The assertion made by Senator Rabiu Kwankwaso, the 2023 presidential candidate of the New Nigeria People’s Party (NNPP), that President Bola Tinubu’s administration has neglected the North in terms of development is untrue, according to the pan-Yoruba sociopolitical organization Afenifere.

In a statement released by its National Organising Secretary, Otunba Kole Omololu, Afenifere claimed that the southern region of the nation had been neglected in favor of the northern region for many years.

Kwankwaso said that the North was being excluded from federal projects and resources during a stakeholders’ discussion on the 2025 constitutional amendment in Kano.

The frontline Yoruba organization claims that Kwankwaso’s alarmist rhetoric is not only unjust but also extremely dangerous since it creates a misleading impression of intentional southern favoritism and exacerbates regional tension.

Afenifere said Tinubu has not yet reached the midway point of his term, but he acknowledged that progress is a slow process.

The NNPP mainstay emphasized that “less than two years into President Tinubu’s administration, Kwankwaso is crying foul,” calling Kwankwaso’s stance deceptive and purposefully provocative.

“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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