Minister of Works, David Umahi, has called on a former governor of Kano State, Rabiu Kwankwaso, to apologise to President Bola Tinubu for accusing the President of concentrating the nation’s resources on developing the southern part of Nigeria.
Umahi, who made the call in a statement while reacting to Kwankwaso’s comment, also urged Nigerians to ignore the former Kano governor’s statement, which he said was misleading.
“To my brother, Senator Kwankwaso, you owe our President Tinubu an apology and a duty to withdraw your statement using the information I have provided herein for the benefit of Nigerians and the unity of the nation,” the minister said in a statement that was posted on X by the Special Adviser to the President on Information and Strategy, Bayo Onanuga, on Saturday.
“I request the good people of Nigeria to ignore Senator Kwankwaso’s misleading statement and know that President Tinubu is fairly committed to developing every part of this country with fairness, equity, and the fear of God,” he added.
Umahi said Kwankwaso’s comment was made “intentionally to deceive our brothers and sisters in the North and to pretend that he loves the North more than any other leader from the North”.
“I consider Senator Kwankwaso’s statement as a statement made out of desperation and as part of his struggle with a few others who believe that they can inherit the impeccable legacy of our dear late President Muhammadu Buhari, and that the only way available for them towards achieving the same is to be divisive and pretentious.
“Trying to be like our late President Buhari cannot be a job of three decades and can not be done with deceit,” he said.
The former Ebonyi State governor also highlighted some of the key ongoing projects of Tinubu in the North, including the 1,068km Sokoto-Badagry Superhighway.
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