US EditionNigeria: Presidency Faults Kwankwaso's Claim, Says North Not Sidelined
NORTHERN NIGERIA, JUL 25 – The Presidency detailed projects worth over $158 million across Northern Nigeria in agriculture, energy, health, and infrastructure to counter claims of regional neglect.
- During the 2025 constitutional amendment event in Kano, Kwankwaso said he warned that resources tilt south, deepening poverty and insecurity in Northern Nigeria.
- Presidential sources countered that the North is not sidelined, citing numerous ongoing projects across sectors in Northern Nigeria, within two years of President Tinubu's administration.
- The Special Adviser listed federal projects, including the $158.15 million Agriculture Value Chain programme and major transport corridors.
- Friday’s response on X by Dare labelled the claims “wrong,” and he said `the North is not being neglected.`
- The Presidency highlighted numerous ongoing projects in Northern Nigeria, and Dare emphasized that in just two years, President Bola Tinubu’s administration has laid a strong foundation for sustainable development, Dare emphasized.
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Presidency counters Kwankwaso over north neglect claim
The Presidency has responded to claims by a former Kano State Governor, Senator Rabiu Kwankwaso, that President Bola Tinubu's government has neglected the North in terms of developmental projects. Sunday Dare, the President's Special Adviser on Media and Communication, faulted Kwankwaso's claim in a statement posted on his X account on Friday, July 25, 2025. Speaking at the Kano State Stakeholders’ Dialogue on the 2025 Constitutional Amendment i…
Nigeria: Presidency Faults Kwankwaso's Claim, Says North Not Sidelined
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Presidency replies Kwankwaso over claim Tinubu favours South in infrastructure development
The Special Adviser to President Bola Tinubu on Media and Public Communication, Sunday Dare, said Mr Kwankwaso got it wrong in his submissions while listing the ongoing developmental projects and programmes in the last two years by President Tinubu. The post Presidency replies Kwankwaso over claim Tinubu favours South in infrastructure development appeared first on Premium Times Nigeria.
‘North not neglected’, Presidency counters Kwankwaso’s...
The Presidency has rejected allegations by the presidential candidate of the New Nigeria Peoples Party (NNPP) in the 2023 general elections, Senator Rabiu Musa Kwankwaso, that President Bola Tinubu’s administration has sidelined the North. Kwankwaso, speaking at a stakeholders’ dialogue on the 2025 constitutional amendment in Kano on Thursday, criticised what he described as the growing concentration of national resources in the South—warning th…
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