Kaduna Legacy Projects Commissioned By Tinubu Not Initiated By You, Gov Sani Tells El-Rufai

Kaduna State governor, Uba Sani, has said that some of his legacy projects recently commissioned by President Bola Tinubu were not initiated by the immediate-past governor of the State, Nasir El-Rufai, as claimed by the latter.

Governor Sani accused El-Rufai of peddling “bare-faced lies” over the ownership of key developmental projects in Kaduna State.

In a statement issued by the Governor Sani’s Chief Press Secretary, Ibraheem Musa, on Tuesday, the governor said El-Rufai’s claims in a television interview that the projects were initiated by his administration were false and a deliberate distortion of facts.

The statement explained that among the projects commissioned by President Tinubu during his recent high-profile visit were the Bola Ahmed Tinubu Specialist Hospital, three Vocational Training and Skills Development Institutes, and a fleet of 100 Compressed Natural Gas (CNG) buses.

Governor Sani clarified that the three vocational institutes—located in Rigachikun, Soba, and Samaru Kataf—were entirely conceptualised, funded, and completed under his administration and they form the core of his human capital development agenda.

The statement also stated categorically that the 100 CNG buses were procured under Governor Sani’s administration to ease post-subsidy transportation burdens, especially for workers, retirees, and students, who are currently enjoying free rides for six months under a state welfare programme.

On the Bola Ahmed Tinubu Specialist Hospital, the statement recalled that the project was initially conceived during Arc. Namadi Sambo’s tenure as governor of the State but was abandoned for years.

“El-Rufai met it, failed to complete it, and left it at just 53% with no equipment. It became a monument of waste,” the statement added.