Alleged Multi-Billion Debt: “You Don’t Know Anything About Governance, You are Always Sleeping In Abuja”, El-Rufai Blast Gov Sani

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By Abiola Olawale

The family of the immediate past governor of Kaduna State, Mallam Nasir El-Rufai has engaged in a battle of wit with the present governor of the state, Governor Uba Sani, over a recent claim of inheriting multi-billion naira debt.

This is as Bashir, the son of El-Rufai, blasted Sani, alleging that the governor frequented the nation’s capital to sleep and left his duty unattended.

On Saturday, Sani said he inherited multibillion-naira debt from his predecessor, an enormous deficit he claims made salary payments to state workers a daunting task.

“Despite the huge debt burden of $587 million, N85 billion, and 115 contractual liabilities sadly inherited from the previous administration, we remain resolute in steering Kaduna State towards progress and sustainable development,” the governor said at a town hall meeting in Kaduna on Saturday.

In a swift response, Bashir, who took to his official X account, flayed Sani, claiming he was only masking his incompetence by blaming the previous administration.

He claimed the Kaduna governor passed the time by “always sleeping in Abuja” and that his aides were incapable of picking up the slack because their appointments were made based on “foolish” political affiliations rather than competence.

“From a governor that is always sleeping in Abuja to a litany of incompetent aides that were only rewarded for foolish political reasons.

“These guys have realized that they are wholly incompetent, and the only way to mask the nonsense is to deflect,” Bashir wrote on X account.

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