Tinubu Has Done More For North Than Any President, Says Uba Sani

Kaduna State governor Uba Sani, has declared that President Bola Tinubu has delivered more development projects to northern Nigeria than any previous Nigerian leader, expressing confidence that the administration’s performance will earn the President even more votes across the region in the 2027 general election than he secured in 2023.

Speaking during an interview on ARISE News Prime Time on Tuesday, Sani dismissed suggestions that the North would reject Tinubu in the next presidential election, insisting that such claims ignored the administration’s record of infrastructure development and economic interventions.

“President Bola Tinubu today has done more than any leader for northern Nigeria. I can tell you categorically, no president has done for the North, in terms of development, what President Bola Tinubu has done in the last three years,” he said.

The governor said his assessment was based on “data and statistics” rather than political sentiment.

Sani also predicted that Tinubu would improve on his 2023 electoral performance in the region.

“A lot of people have come here and told you the North will not vote for Asiwaju. That is a figment of their imagination. I can tell you categorically, as the Governor of Kaduna State, Asiwaju Bola Tinubu will get more votes in 2027 than what he got in 2023,” he said.

Highlighting projects undertaken by the federal government, Sani cited the Abuja-Kaduna highway, which he said had remained neglected by successive administrations for decades before the Tinubu administration revived it.

According to him, over ₦600 billion has already been paid to contractors handling the approximately ₦750 billion project, with completion and commissioning expected by November.

“I am following the project personally, and I can tell you the contractors have already received over ₦600 billion out of about ₦750 billion for the project. By God’s grace, it will be commissioned in November,” he said.

The governor also pointed to the Kaduna-Birnin Gwari road, saying the Tinubu administration had begun releasing funds for the ₦178 billion reconstruction project after it had remained abandoned for more than 25 years.

Beyond road infrastructure, Sani said Kaduna State had benefited significantly from the Federal Government’s agricultural interventions, particularly through the Special Agro-Industrial Processing Zones (SAPZ) programme and fertiliser support for smallholder farmers.

He further listed the establishment of a Federal University of Science and Technology in southern Kaduna, the upgrade of one of the state’s hospitals to a Federal Medical Centre, and the Federal Executive Council’s approval of a ₦1 trillion light rail project for Kaduna as evidence of the administration’s commitment to the state’s development.

According to him, feasibility studies for the light rail project have been completed and funding has begun.

Sani maintained that the scale of federal investments under the Tinubu administration had improved livelihoods across northern Nigeria and would translate into stronger electoral support for the President when Nigerians return to the polls in 2027.