Former Kano State governor and 2023 presidential candidate of the New Nigeria Peoples Party (NNPP), Dr. Rabiu Musa Kwankwaso, has accused President Bola Ahmed Tinubu of sidelining Northern Nigeria in the distribution of national resources.
Speaking on Thursday during a Stakeholders’ Dialogue on the 2025 Constitutional Amendment hosted by the Kano State government, Kwankwaso voiced strong concerns about what he described as an imbalanced allocation of the national budget.
“From the information available to us, it’s like most of the national budget is now tilting in one direction in this country,” Kwankwaso stated.
He criticised the Federal Government under the All Progressives Congress (APC) for what he said was a clear focus on development in the South, while the North continues to grapple with underdevelopment.
“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 warned.
Highlighting the dilapidated state of infrastructure in the North, Kwankwaso lamented: “Most roads in the northern region remain in a deplorable condition, whilst the APC government continues to allocate lump budgetary provisions for infrastructural development in the southern region.”
He called on the Tinubu administration to prioritise fairness and equity in the management of national resources, stressing that balanced development is essential to national unity and stability.
