Kwankwaso’s Attacks on Tinubu Are Bile-Filled – Former Lawmaker Faparusi

Former Kano State governor Rabiu Musa Kwankwaso has come under fire from former House of Representatives member Hon. Bamidele Faparusi for allegedly accusing President Bola Ahmed Tinubu of favoring Southern Nigeria in the projects his administration was carrying out.

Faparusi, an All Progressives Congress chieftain, punctuated the assertion by asserting that the North was given significantly more preference under President Tinubu’s administration when it came to project implementation, even more so than the Southwest, where a major federal road connecting the two regions is currently in appalling condition.

At a Friday event, the former governor of Kano State and leader of the New Nigerian Peoples Party claimed that President Tinubu’s initiatives favored the southern region of the country over the northern one, a claim that sparked outrage across the country.

Faparusi said in a statement in Ado Ekiti on Tuesday that while the entire Southwest federal roads, aside from the Ibadan-Lagos Highway, are interspersed with craters and gorges, numerous road projects, including the Kaduna-Abuja, Katsina-Kano, Sokoto-Katsina, and Sokoto-Badagry super highways, are being undertaken throughout the North.

While not defending a president who is biased against any part of the nation, Faparusi explained that it was clear to all Nigerians that during his eight years in office, the late President Muhammadu Buhari gave preference to the North in appointments and projects.

The former senator urged the Tinubu administration to take notice of the terrible condition of the federal roads in the Southwest, particularly in Ekiti State, where all 12 of them had collapsed and turned into driving boot traps.

His Excellency Rabiu Kwankwaso ought to be aware that under President Tinubu’s administration, the North is receiving a greater share of project attention.

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“There is ample evidence that the major highways in the Southwest, including Ado-Akure, Lagos-Abeokuta, Ekiti-Lokoja, Ibadan-Akure highway, Osogbo-Ibadan, Ibadan-Abeokuta, and many others, are currently impassable for drivers.”

He requested Kwankwaso to refute the president’s stance on his claim and questioned the federal government’s projects in each geopolitical arena to support his claim.

To persuade Nigerians that his assertion was genuine and honest, the APC Chieftain threw down the gauntlet to Kwankwaso: provide reliable data.

Faparusi continued by stating that President Tinubu’s political career had been free of unjustified ethnicity and that his cabinet, which included members from different ethnic backgrounds, was dubbed a “mini Nigeria” while he was the governor of Lagos State.

The former Federal legislator claimed that Kwankwaso made the remark in order to cheaply win over Northern voters, especially since he mistakenly believes he is the political leader of the North following President Muhammadu Buhari’s death.

This statement was filled with hatred, claiming that President Tinubu’s projects favor the South. Unless Rabiu Kwankwaso could refute the facts, the projects presented by the president and the minister of works were sufficient to cut through everything the former governor of Kano State had to say.

I wish to warn the NNPP leader to cease acting carelessly since, as a result of President Buhari’s passing, he has mistakenly begun to pose as the political leader of the North.

“If you aspire to be a leader, you should be accountable, able to bring people together, and refrain from causing division with inflammatory remarks.

His Excellency Rabiu Kwankwaso ought to be aware of his desperate attempts to become President of Nigeria, not only the Northern extraction.

As governor of Lagos State, President Tinubu recruited members of his government from a wide range of ethnic origins. He demonstrated his Pan-Nigerian identity. Even though he did not act in such a manner as a governor, how can he now become an ethnically biased president? Faparusi inquired.

According to Faparusi, the majority of the well-known and outspoken Northern detractors have never charged President Tinubu of favoring the South in the execution of projects; instead, their main grievance has always been that the withdrawal of fuel subsidies has hurt that region of the country more than the South.