The governor of Niger state, Muazu Babangida Aliyu, on Saturday said that former President Ibrahim Babangida and former Head of State, Abdulsalami Abubakar, had not done enough for the state when they held sway as heads of state.
Speaking at a Town Hall meeting Saturday as part of the National Good Governance Tour led by the Minister of Information, Labaran Maku, said in spite of the state having the longest stretch of Federal roads in the country, past Nigerian leaders refused to do anything about the deteriorating condition of the roads until recently when President Goodluck Jonathan awarded contract for the dualisation of the Suleija-Minna highway.
Referring to Messrs Babangida and Abdulsalami, both former Generals in the Nigerian Army, Mr. Aliyu provided an Hausa parable saying, “Ana zaton wuta a makera sai gashi a masaka” literally meaning contrary to expectation, it is President Jonathan that is delivering governance dividends to the people of the state, and not its indigenes. t is the people who have voted us that we will listen to, and I am happy that majority of the people are happy.
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