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Highlights Tinubu’s Accomplishments, Ongoing Projects in Region
- Safiu Kehinde
The Presidency has on Friday dismissed claims by the New Nigerian Peoples Party’s (NNPP) 2023 Presidential candidate, Rabiu Kwankwaso, that the President Bola Tinubu-led administration has neglected northern region in revenue allocation and infrastructural development.
NPO Reported that Kwankwaso had, during the public hearing of the constitution review in Kano State yesterday, accused the Federal Government of distributing federal resources to one direction in Nigeria at the detriment of other parts of the country.
He further accused the government of exploiting the northern region of its resources to develop other regions.
Reacting in a statement issued on his X handle, the Special Adviser to the President on Media and Public Communications, Sunday Dare, faulted Kwankwaso’s claim.
The Presidential aide claimed that Tinubu had north covered as he highlighted some federal government projects across Northern Nigeria under his administration.
Dare disclosed the ongoing projects across the north which include the Abuja-Kaduna-kano expressway, Sokoto-Badagry expressway, and the Sokoto-Zamfara-Katsina expressway.
On agriculture the presidency listed four intervention programmes and projects initiated by Tinubu administration.
The projects include $158.15m Agriculture Value Chain (VCN) Programme for nine Northern states, Kolmani Integrated Development Project (Bauchi and Gombe States), the Agro-Climatic Resilience in Semi-Arid Landscapes (ACReSAL), and the Kano River Project (irrigation scheme).
Dare further listed medical institutions already established across northern states as well as 20 other road and highway projects.
The presidential aide also noted several intervention programmes under the several sectors which include energy and gas, rail and metro, waterways and trade corridors, as well as national programmes and institutions.
As highlighted by Dare the other listed project include;
HEALTH
- Ahmadu Bello University Teaching Hospital, Zaria, Kaduna (North West)
- Federal Teaching Hospital, Katsina (North West)
- University of Jos Teaching Hospital, Jos, Plateau (North Central)
- Reference Hospital, Kaduna (North West)
- Usmanu Danfodiyo University Teaching Hospital, Sokoto (North West)
- Abubakar Tafawa Balewa University Teaching Hospital, Bauchi (North East)
- Harmony Advanced Diagnostic Centre Complex, Ilorin, Kwara (North Central)
- Federal Medical Centre, Nguru, Yobe (North East)
- Jos University Teaching Hospital, Jos, Plateau (North Central) — additional expansion
- Reinvigoration of about 1,000 Primary Health Centers, PHCS in the North
ROADS AND HIGHWAYS
- Kano–Kongolam Road (Section II: Kano–Kanwar–Danja–Hadejia)
- Yakasai–Zalli Road
- 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
- Abuja–Kaduna–Zaria–Kano Dual Carriageway
- Biu–Kangiwa–Kamba–Gaya–Niger Republic Road (30 km segment)
- Malando–Garin Baka–Ngaski–Wara Road (CH.0+000 – CH.79+586)
- Koko–Besse–Zaria–Kala Road
- Abuja–Kaduna–Kano Highway (375 km)
- Repair of the Gamboru Bridge (Gamboru–Ngala–Kala–Balde Road in Borno State)
- Expansion of Mararaba–Keffi Road (43.65 km)
- Construction of Lafia Bypass Road (Nasarawa State)
- Kano–Maiduguri Dual Carriageway
- Adamawa–Taraba Single Carriageway
- Adamawa–Borno Single Carriageway
- Kaduna–Jos Road (Single Carriageway)
- Zaria–Funtua–Gusau–Sokoto Road (Dual Carriageway)
- Zaria–Hunkuyi–Daya Road (Sections I, II & III – 152.67 km) — rehabilitation project in Kaduna and Kano States
- Reconstruction of Dikwa–Gamboru–Ngala Road (49.55 km) — strategic corridor reconstruction in Borno State
ENERGY AND GAS
- Ajaokuta–Kaduna–Kano Gas Pipeline (AKK) (614 km)
- Gwagwalada Power Plant (FCT, Abuja – connected with AKK pipeline)
- ABIBA Solar Power Station, Kaduna (50 MW) — planned solar power plant to boost renewable energy capacity in Kaduna State RAIL AND METRO
- Kaduna–Kano Rail Line (203 km, part of Lagos-Kano Rail Project)
- Kano–Maradi Rail Line (285 km, linking Kano, Jigawa, Katsina to Maradi in Niger Republic)
- Kaduna Light Rail System — ₦100 billion budget allocation to develop light rail public transport in Kaduna
- Abuja Metro Line Rehabilitation (Abuja Light Rail)
WATERWAYS & TRADE CORRIDORS
Trans-Sahara Trade Route — infrastructure development to connect trade routes from Calabar through Nasarawa and Abuja towards Northern Nigeria and beyond
NATIONAL PROGRAMMES & INSTITUTIONS
- National Agency for the Great Green Wall (NAGGW) — renewed mandate and leadership for desertification combat in Northern Nigeria
- Nigeria Erosion and Watershed Management Project (NEWMAP) — ongoing erosion control and watershed infrastructure development in the North.