Governor Uba Sani of Kaduna State has urged northern political leaders to stop blaming President Bola Ahmed Tinubu for the challenges rocking the region.
The governor urged northern political elites to, instead, take responsibility for years of neglect and silence that have worsened the North’s decline.
Naijaonpoint reports Sani stated this on Tuesday at the government-citizen engagement session organised by the Sir Ahmadu Bello Foundation in Kaduna.
The governor said the forum was a call to deep reflection, not a ceremonial gathering, stressing that electoral promises must not be reduced to campaign rhetoric but seen as sacred commitments between leaders and the people.
According to the Governor, President Tinubu has fulfilled many of his campaign promises, particularly in areas of security, education, agriculture, and economic inclusion.
However, Sani stated that no president could succeed in isolation without the collaboration of regional leaders and citizens, adding that northern leaders have failed over the last two decades.
He criticised the long silence from influential voices in the region, pointing out that it was hypocritical to now heap blame on the Tinubu administration, which has only been in office for two years.
Recalling the poor state of insecurity in Kaduna when he assumed office in 2023, and how banditry, terrorism, and kidnapping had taken over several communities, the governor said if the same conference had been held last year, “the hall would have been empty” due to fear and instability.
“No president in the history of Nigeria has supported sub nationals in agricultural transformation as President Bola Ahmed Tinubu is doing at the moment,” he said.
“This is the first time in the history of Nigeria officials from the federal government are sitting together in one hall to look at the problem of Northern Nigeria.
“We have no reason to complain. We just have to put our heads together,” he said .
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