Minister of Works, David Umahi, has called on a former governor of Kano State, Rabiu Kwankwaso, to apologise to President Bola Tinubu for accusing the President of concentrating the nation’s resources on developing the southern part of Nigeria.
Umahi, who made the call in a statement while reacting to Kwankwaso’s comment, also urged Nigerians to ignore the former Kano governor’s statement, which he said was misleading.
In a statement that was posted on X by the Special Adviser to the President on Information and Strategy, Bayo Onanuga, today the minister said Senator Kwankwaso, owe President Tinubu an apology and a duty to withdraw his statement using the information he provided in the statement for the benefit of Nigerians and the unity of the nation.
Umahi said Kwankwaso’s comment was made “intentionally to deceive Northerners and to pretend that he loves the North more than any other leader from the North.