Tinubu prioritizing southern development, neglecting North —Kwankwaso

Rabiu Kwankwaso, former presidential candidate of the New Nigerian Peoples Party (NNPP), has accused President Bola Tinubu’s administration of favouring the southern part of Nigeria in its development agenda, while allegedly neglecting the North.

Speaking at the Kano State Stakeholders’ Dialogue on the 2025 Constitutional Amendment on Thursday, Kwankwaso claimed that federal funds are being disproportionately allocated, with northern Nigeria receiving less attention.

“Let me advise the Federal Government on the distribution of federal resources.

“From the information available to us, it’s like most of the national budget is now tilting in one direction in this country,” he said.

He further alleged that the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) is responsible for the uneven distribution of limited national resources between the North and South.

“Let me advise those who are struggling by all means to take everything to remember that some of the issues that we have in this part of the country today have to do with the lack of enough resources and mismanagement of the little that comes in.

“That is why we have insecurity, we have poverty and so on. It is happening here mainly, but like a desert, it would go everywhere,” he said.

Kwankwaso, who once served as governor of Kano State, expressed concern over the poor state of road infrastructure in the North, accusing the APC government of channeling major infrastructure budgets to southern states.

“Yesterday, I was to come by air, but unfortunately my airline decided to shift out takeoff. I had to come by road from Abuja.

“From Abuja to Kaduna to Kano was terrible and the road was started many years ago right from the beginning of the leadership of the APC. Now we are told that there is a road from the south to the East,” he said.

He urged President Tinubu’s government to adopt a fairer approach to national development by distributing resources equitably across all regions.