Kaduna State Governor, Senator Uba Sani, has dismissed claims of northern marginalisation by some northern politicians against President Bola Tinubu’s administration.
Our source Naija News has reports that Sani, during an interview with Vanguard, listed the series of appointments Tinubu had given to the Northerners.
Sani also pointed out that the appointment of both the Minister of State and the Minister of Agriculture from Borno State have contributed to the region’s development.
He said, “Can we look at the developmental indices one by one? When you talk of marginalisation, don’t just say marginalisation. Number one, here in this country, the Minister of Agriculture is from where? Northern Nigeria. The Minister of State for Agriculture is from Northern Nigeria.
“Let me give you an example of Kaduna, where I come from. When I came in as governor, the budget to Agriculture was about N1.4 billion. And remember the Malabo Declaration in 2014 was that if we want to really transform Agriculture, no sub-national or national government should budget less than 10% for Agriculture.
“Today in Kaduna, our budget is about 12% in Agriculture. So that is number one. The reason why we can do this easily is that both the Minister of State and the Minister of Agriculture are from Borno State, and one is from Niger State. They are from northern Nigeria.
“The Minister of Livestock is from northern Nigeria. What are the measures when you are talking about human capital development? It is healthcare. The Minister of Health is from where? Bauchi State. We are talking about insecurity in northern Nigeria. Today, the National Security Adviser is from northern Nigeria. The Minister of Defence is from northern Nigeria.
“The Minister of State for Defence is from northern Nigeria. The Chief of Defence Staff is from northern Nigeria. If you look at it again, the Chief of the Air Staff is from northern Nigeria.”
𝗙𝗼𝗹𝗹𝗼𝘄 𝗢𝘂𝗿 𝗪𝗵𝗮𝘁𝘀𝗔𝗽𝗽 𝗖𝗵𝗮𝗻𝗻𝗲𝗹 𝗧𝗼 𝗚𝗲𝘁 𝗟𝗮𝘁𝗲𝘀𝘁 𝗡𝗲𝘄𝘀 𝗔𝘀 𝗜𝘁'𝘀 𝗗𝗿𝗼𝗽!
