Bas “A Northerner As President Is More Concerned About Doing 2nd Niger Bridge Than Fixing Kano Roads”

The construction of the second Niger Bridge road in the South serves as an example of how former President General Muhammadu Buhari, a Northerner, prioritized national projects over regional issues like the long-standing incomplete Kano-Maiduguri roads. SAN Bashir Dalhatu, a former minister of power and steel and chairman of the board of trustees of the Arewa Consultative Forum, has made these allegations. He said that even if the latter had been a worry for thirty years, the President’s strategy showed a dedication to the nation’s general advancement by reflecting a more expansive nationalistic perspective. CONTINUE FULL READING>>>>>

He said in an interview with Arise TV, ”We (Northerners) are brought up to see Nigeria as one entity and not to discriminate against other sections of the country. A Northerner as President is more concerned about doing the 2nd Niger Bridge than fixing the Kano Maiduguri roads that have been there for 30 years and are still not completed. As President, he didn’t see that as outer Northern Nigeria, he was so Nationalistic. And that is the upbringing of all of us.” CONTINUE FULL READING>>>>>