Full List Revealed: Presidency Slams Kwankwaso, Highlights Tinubu’s Major Northern Projects

The Presidency on Friday criticized former Kano State Governor Rabiu Musa Kwankwaso for claiming that Nigerian President Bola Ahmed Tinubu has neglected the North.

StartSmart Nigeria reported that Kwankwaso had condemned the Tinubu administration on Thursday for what he called neglect of Nigeria’s northern region and for allocating resources mainly to develop the southern part where the president is from.

“Let me urge the Federal Government to properly allocate federal resources,” the former Kano governor said Thursday at the Kano State Stakeholders’ Dialogue on the 2025 Constitutional Amendment. “From the information we have, it appears that most of the national budget is now directed in one direction.” Kano State

In response, Tinubu’s Media Aide, Sunday Dare, stated that the President has the North covered, emphasizing that northern Nigeria is not left behind. He provided examples of federal government projects across the north, including:

For starters, under President Tinubu:

– Abuja-Kaduna-Kano Expressway

– Sokoto-Badagry Expressway

– Sokoto-Zamfara-Katsina Expressway

AGRICULTURE

1. $158.15 million Agriculture Value Chain (VCN) Program for nine northern states

2. Kolmani Integrated Development Project (Bauchi and Gombe States)

3. Agro-Climatic Resilience in Semi-Arid Landscapes (ACReSAL) — a six-year World Bank–funded program to restore 1 million hectares of degraded land and improve climate resilience in northern states. Kano State

4. Kano River Project (irrigation scheme) — a large-scale integrated irrigation development in Kano State, commissioned in 2023 and operational under the current administration

HEALTH

5. Ahmadu Bello University Teaching Hospital, Zaria, Kaduna (North West)

6. Federal Teaching Hospital, Katsina (North West)

7. University of Jos Teaching Hospital, Jos, Plateau (North Central)

8. Reference Hospital, Kaduna (North West)

9. Usmanu Danfodiyo University Teaching Hospital, Sokoto (North West)

10. Abubakar Tafawa Balewa University Teaching Hospital, Bauchi (North East)

11. Harmony Advanced Diagnostic Centre Complex, Ilorin, Kwara (North Central)

12. Federal Medical Centre, Nguru, Yobe (North East)

13. Jos University Teaching Hospital, Jos, Plateau (North Central) — additional expansion

14. Reinforcement of about 1,000 Primary Health Centers (PHCs) in the North

ROADS AND HIGHWAYS

15. Kano–Kongolam Road (Section II: Kano–Kanwar–Danja–Hadejia)

16. Yakasai–Zalli Road

17. 1,068 km Sokoto-Badagry Super Highway (Northern section including Sokoto and Kebbi)

18. 258 km, 3-lane Carriageway (Section 2, Phase 2A: CH 120+000–CH 378+000) in Gulumbe, Kebbi State

19. Abuja–Kaduna–Zaria–Kano Dual Carriageway

20. Biu–Kangiwa–Kamba–Gaya–Niger Republic Road (30 km segment)

21. Malando–Garin Baka–Ngaski–Wara Road (CH.0+000 – CH.79+586)

22. Koko–Besse–Zaria–Kala Road

23. Abuja–Kaduna–Kano Highway (375 km)

24. Repair of the Gamboru Bridge (Gamboru–Ngala–Kala–Balde Road in Borno State)

25. Expansion of Mararaba–Keffi Road (43.65 km)

26. Construction of Lafia Bypass Road (Nasarawa State)

27. Kano–Maiduguri Dual Carriageway

28. Adamawa–Taraba Single Carriageway

29. Adamawa–Borno Single Carriageway

30. Kaduna–Jos Road (Single Carriageway)

31. Zaria–Funtua–Gusau–Sokoto Road (Dual Carriageway)

32. Zaria–Hunkuyi–Daya Road (Sections I, II & III – 152.67 km) — rehabilitation project in Kaduna and Kano States

33. Reconstruction of Dikwa–Gamboru–Ngala Road (49.55 km) — strategic corridor reconstruction in Borno State

ENERGY AND GAS

34. Ajaokuta–Kaduna–Kano Gas Pipeline (AKK) (614 km)

35. Gwagwalada Power Plant (FCT, Abuja – connected with AKK pipeline)

36. ABIBA Solar Power Station, Kaduna (50 MW) — plannedsolar power plant to boost renewable energy capacity in Kaduna State

RAIL AND METRO

37. Kaduna–Kano Rail Line (203 km, part of Lagos-Kano Rail Project)

38. Kano–Maradi Rail Line (285 km, linking Kano, Jigawa, Katsina to Maradi in Niger Republic)

39. Kaduna Light Rail System — ₦100 billion budget allocation to develop light rail public transport in Kaduna

40. Abuja Metro Line Rehabilitation (Abuja Light Rail)

WATERWAYS & TRADE CORRIDORS

41. Trans-Sahara Trade Route — infrastructuredevelopment to connect trade routes from Calabar through Nasarawa and Abuja towards northern Nigeria and beyond. Kano State

NATIONAL PROGRAMMES & INSTITUTIONS

42. National Agency for the Great Green Wall (NAGGW) — renewed mandate and leadership for desertification combat in northern Nigeria

43. Nigeria Erosion and Watershed Management Project (NEWMAP) — ongoing erosion control and watershed infrastructure development in the North.hed infrastructure development in the North.lopment in the North.

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