By Paul Dada
A former Speaker of the Kaduna State House of Assembly, Yusuf Ibrahim Zailani, says that President Bola Tinubu has liberated the north from poverty and underdevelopment.
He insisted that Tinubu cannot be blamed for the challenges of the north.
Zailani who was speaking to journalists after receiving Alhaji Yerima Shettima, President-General of the Arewa Youth Consultative Forum (AYCF), who paid him a condolence visit over the passing of his stepmother, said Tinubu had helped the north through the creation and funding of the regional development commissions.
“President Tinubu has, in his own way, liberated the North from poverty and underdevelopment. With an annual budget of ₦750 billion allocated to each of the North’s three development commissions—totaling ₦2.25 trillion annually—the North has no reason to struggle with poverty, unemployment, and underdevelopment,” he said.
He emphasized the need for funds to be committed to projects like Power supply and agriculture.
“Instead of constantly questioning what the Federal Government is doing or not doing, we should be asking what our development commissions are doing with the allocated funds,” he said.
