Tax Reform Bills: Silence Under Buhari – Shehu Sani Criticizes Northerners Challenging Tinubu

Senator Shehu Sani, a leader of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), has criticized prominent Northern politicians for threatening to exploit the contentious tax reform proposals to undermine President Bola Ahmed Tinubu’s 2027 reelection.
Former lawmaker Sani advised the North to restructure and consider how the Northerners in Asiwaju’s cabinet could help the region grow in an interview with The Sun.
He emphasized that Northerners now hold important positions in President Tinubu’s cabinet.

“He has given all the important institutions and ministries to the North,” Shehu Sani stated. The chief of defense staff is a Northerner from Kaduna State. The National Security Advisor is an Adamawa State native from the North. The minister of agriculture and the minister of state for agriculture are both Northerners. The defense minister and state defense minister of Jigawa and Zamfara states, respectively, are Northerners. Up until recently, the education minister was a Northerner.

Buhari’s shortcomings
He emphasized that despite numerous shortcomings, Northerners remained silent throughout the former President Muhammadu Buhari’s government.

Sani claims that Buhari was not told by Northern elites that they had voted for him but that he had failed.

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Buhari nominated Northerners to positions that did not serve the interests of the North, according to the former MP.

“Let’s tell ourselves the home truth,” Shehu Sani stated. What did he do when our own was in charge for ninety-six months? People remained silent despite all the failures. They wouldn’t hold him responsible. They declined to pass judgment on him. They wouldn’t admit that you failed despite our votes for you.

He was unable to build any significant roads to Northern Nigeria for eight years. Even after eight years, he was unable to turn on the Mambila power plant. After eight years, he was unable to dredge or revitalize the Niger River. After eight years, he was unable to dualize the express route between Abuja, Kaduna, and Kano. After eight years, he was unable to dualize the express routes in Kano, Kaduna, and Lagos. Despite spending billions of naira on agriculture, he has nothing to show for it.

“He put Northerners in positions that haven’t benefited the North’s interests. Therefore, what conscience do you have to threaten someone else with reelection if you are unable of holding your son accountable, if you remained silent, if you remained silent, and if you folded your arms during Buhari’s administration?