Former Secretary to the Government of the Federation (SGF), Babachir Lawal, has accused the government of President Bola Tinubu of having an anti-North agenda.
Naija News reports that Lawal made the assertion while supporting the New Nigeria Peoples Party (NNPP) 2023 Presidential candidate, Rabiu Kwankwaso’s claims that Tinubu’s administration is marginalising northern Nigeria in infrastructure development.
Speaking during an interview on Sunday Politics, a programme on Trust TV, Lawal said there is no visible evidence of federal government projects ongoing in the north.
The former SGF stated that Kwankwaso, who made a similar claim last week, was correct, emphasising that no construction or infrastructure is currently underway in the region.
He said, “Every Nigerian that has anything to do with the north will know that no infrastructure work is going on at any level.
“No projects are going on at least they are not visible to the eye. Maybe in their imagination, maybe in the spirit but we don’t see it.
“We don’t see any construction work. We don’t see any infrastructure going on. No federal government project whatsoever.
“Kwankwaso, remember, is an engineer too so he, like me, like David Umahi, who’s an engineer too, the way we see things physical things the way we see them differently.
“So, Kwankwaso knows what he’s talking about. And it doesn’t need to be Kwankwaso to say what he said. Every sensible, honest Nigerian will know that the north is being marginalised.”
Lawal said many northerners believe the Tinubu administration is not just ignoring the region but actively rolling back existing gains.
The former SFG questioned the viability of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in the region ahead of the next elections.
He added, “I believe the sense we get as northerners is that if this government can destroy what they inherited, they’ll willingly do it. That’s the sense we have from this government.
“I mean, look at it this way which elected official, a northerner, will go into the campaign on the platform of the APC in this coming election?
“Nobody. Except, ab initio, you have no plan to win the election. Unless they join ADC, they will not win simply because they belong to the destructive party.
“Everything that this government does is designed to destroy the north.”
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