The Forum of Federal Government appointees from Kano State under the leadership of Senator Bashir Garba Lado, has strongly challenged opposition leaders to showcase what they have on stock that they will do better than President Bola Ahmed Tinubu’s clear Developmental Projects, rather than negative criticism.
In a statement on Wednesday, the Spokesperson of the Forum, Dr. Musa Illiyasu Kwankwaso, said that overtime the opposition leaders of Atiku Abubakar, Peter Obi and others have not clearly spelled out their missions to government but rather everyday they go on criticizing President Tinubu whose projects across the country and the North is specific and can be clearly seen.
“President Bola Ahmed Tinubu’s administration is executing a massive portfolio of infrastructure and developmental projects across Kano and Northern Nigeria, valued at trillions of Naira, spanning highways, railways, power, and agriculture, which can be touched and seen not mere baseless opposition”, Kwankwaso said.
In trying to highlight some of the projects, Illiyasu Kwankwaso, who is also the Executive Director Finance, Hadejia Jammaare River Basin Development Authority, falls under the “Renewed Hope” agenda, and in Kano alone there are more than 30 of such projects.
Kwankwaso believes that the project’s execution and the concern shown by the President of Kano and the entire North are worthy of giving him heavy votes across Northern Nigeria that will secure his smooth second term in office.
He said, “With the intervention of the President in Kano and other Northern part of Nigeria, he will have massive votes that await his re-election back to office come 2027 in Kano and other Northern States.
He listed projects like the Kano–Kongolom road dualisation, a 132-kilometre road project at N334 billion aimed at connecting Kano with Jigawa and Katsina State .
Similarly, Kwankwaso explained that, the Abuja–Kaduna–Kano Expressway, a Massive ongoing reconstruction utilizing durable continuous reinforced concrete pavement technology with added security enhancements like.
In the same vein, the Sokoto–Badagry Superhighway, a colossal 1,068-kilometre, six-lane economic corridor that will integrate a rail line in the median, greatly connecting Northern regions, was awarded by the President for his concern to the northern region.
Musa Kwankwaso hints that a 37.8-kilometre dual carriageway designed with multiple bridges to divert heavy industrial traffic away from the Kano metropolis that is Kano Eastern Bypass is ongoing and will soon be completed.
Another giant project according to Kwankwaso is the Kano–Maradi rail line, a flagship 284-kilometre rail project cutting through Kano, Jigawa, and Katsina, designed to ease the transportation of goods and connect Nigeria with the Niger Republic.
While on Economic growth the President is working on AKK Gas Pipeline, the 614-kilometre Ajaokuta-Abuja-Kaduna-Kano (AKK) gas pipeline aimed at boosting domestic gas supply, industrialization, and power generation in Northern states, adding that this projects is near completion.
On ecological and agricultural intervention, President Tinubu ensured the execution of the Jakara-Gogau-Zungeru project; he approved N47 billion for this massive urban sewage and ecological drainage system in Kano metropolis to control flooding and improve sanitation.
He also created dams and irrigation: Multi-billion Naira federal interventions have been released for 16 dams in Kano State, including the Challawa Gorge and Tiga dams, alongside the broader Kano river project to support agriculture.
On healthcare revitalization, the federal government has upgraded Federal Teaching Hospitals across Northern States and revitalized thousands of Primary Health Centres (PHCs) under the IMPACT program.
Still for the love of the North, just recently the First Lady, Senator Oluremi Tinubu launched the Energize Commercialize Nigeria (ECoN) initiative in Kano, converting research and creative ideas into commercially viable products to create jobs across the Northwest geopolitical zone and the country at large.
“While Northwest Development Commission: The federal government has finalized development and inspection operations for the commission’s projects and its permanent headquarters in Kano.”
Kwankwaso noted that all these giant projects that are not merely on papers but are lively going and anybody can touch and see them, shows the concern and love of the President Tinubu for the region.
He said, “President Tinubu should sleep with his two eyes closed because as per as re-election bid is concerned is a done deal and the North and Kano in particular will give him heavy votes that will quickly secure his victory”
Speaking on Peter Obi/Kwankwaso NDC Presidential Tickets, Kwankwaso said that the contest is the most laughable in the recent Nigeria political trajectory, because neither Obi nor Kwankwaso has the regional recognition to win any election.
Furthermore, the Spokesperson of the Forum hints that, “Kwankwaso is flying a game with Peter Obi, because he is not sincere with their projects”.
He added that, “I can bet you, Kwankwaso is supporting a different Presidential candidate, but sooner than later Nigerians would clearly see who Kwankwaso is and who he stands with”.
The Forum members expressed deep determination and commitment to ensure the victory for President Tinubu, Governor Abba Kabir Yusuf of Kano State, three Senators, all the 24 House of Representatives seats and 40 Kano Assembly seats.
“No doubt, our determination to ensure the victory of Governor Abba Kabir Yusuf, Senator Barau Jibrin, Kawu Sumaila, Mallam Ibrahim Shekarau and all the Reps Seats and House of Assembly is clear and by the will of God our mission will be actualized”, Kwankwaso said.
