From Desmond Mgboh, Kano
The Chairman of the House of Representatives Committee on Appropriation, Abubakar Bichi has described as laughable the claims by some Northerners that President Bola Ahmed Tinubu was under-serving the North in the allocation of the nation’s resources.
Speaking to journalists in Kano, Bichi stressed that on the contrary, Tinubu has done so well in the region in the areas of infrastructure, agriculture, water irrigation, security, education and in all other spheres of human endeavour.
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“The President has initiated so many laudable projects in Nigeria, especially here in the North. These projects cut across all spheres of life, especially infrastructure, agriculture and security“ he added.
“There are so many critical projects that could be tied to this administration- the Abuja- Kaduna – Kano high way project has gone far and the Kaduna section of the highway is in fact completed under his charge” he added.
“In Kano here, there is a 200 kilometer road project from Hadejia Road to Hadejia in Jigawa State. And there is the Kano Byepass project, the cost of that project is about N250billion” he added.
Under transportation, he explained that the administration has initiated the light rail project in Kano metropolis adding that the project, when completed, would re-drive the economy of the state in so many positive ways.
“Those of you who travel abroad must have seen the impacts of a light road project. The cost of that project is around 1billion US dollars which in Nigeria money is in trillions of Naira” he added.
“So it is funny for some people to say that the President is not interested in the Northern part of the country. It is really funny” he noted.
“I am the Chairman of the Appropriation Committee in the House of Representatives and I know what President Tinubu has done so far for the North. This is just infrastructure. I have not said anything on agriculture. I have not said anything water irrigation, security or education.It would take me hours to list what I know the President has done for this part of the country. We need to be realistic, we need to put all sentiments aside” he declared.
On the ongoing constitional review exercise, Bichi assured Northerners that their interests would firmly protected, noting that, “When you go to the National Assembly, members from the North, we have the highest number. We are more than 86 members in the House of Representatives and when you go to the Senate we have about 21 from the North –West”
“So, we have the highest numbers. So when the report is ready, delivered on the floor of the House and before the Senate, of course our interests in Northern Nigeria, especially in this part of the North, will be supported and protected” he declared.
He also pledged his alliance to the immediate past Natinal Chairman of the All Progressives Congress, Abdullahi Umar Ganduje, whom he said had performed extremely well while he was the leader of the party.
‘He was able to persuade many states and their governors into decamping to the APC ‘ he also stated.
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