Former Kano State Governor and 2023 presidential candidate of the New Nigerian Peoples Party (NNPP), Dr. Rabiu Musa Kwankwaso, has criticised the administration of President Bola Ahmed Tinubu for what he described as the uneven distribution of national resources, alleging that the northern region is being systematically sidelined in federal allocations and development initiatives.

Speaking in Kano on Thursday during the State Stakeholders’ Dialogue on the 2025 Constitutional Amendment, Kwankwaso accused the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) of failing in its responsibility to govern with fairness and balance.

“From the information available to us, it’s like most of the national budget is now tilting in one direction in this country,” Kwankwaso said, suggesting that the current budgeting approach disproportionately favours the southern region.

He warned that the lack of federal investment in the North is directly contributing to worsening insecurity, deepening poverty, and slow development in the region.
“Let me advise those who are struggling by all means to take everything, to remember that the challenges we are facing in this part of the country today stem from lack of resources and the mismanagement of the little that comes in,” he added.
“That is why we have insecurity, we have poverty and so on. It is happening here mainly, but like a desert, it will eventually spread everywhere.”

Kwankwaso also lamented the poor state of infrastructure in northern Nigeria, specifically citing the Abuja–Kaduna–Kano road, which he said remains in disrepair despite years of APC governance.
“Yesterday, I was supposed to come by air, but my airline shifted its takeoff time. I had to travel by road from Abuja. From Abuja to Kaduna to Kano was terrible. That road was started years ago under APC, yet it’s still in a poor state. Meanwhile, we are being told of new roads from the South to the East,” he stated.

He urged the Tinubu administration to adopt a more equitable approach to resource distribution to promote national cohesion and shared development.
“The Federal Government must rise to the occasion and ensure that all regions are carried along in the development drive. Anything short of that will continue to breed resentment and instability,” Kwankwaso warned.

His remarks have reignited public discourse around regional equity, budgetary fairness, and inclusive governance, just as the country prepares for another round of constitutional reforms in 2025.