Bashir, one of the sons of Nasir El-Rufai, the immediate past governor of Kaduna State, has lampooned incumbent Governor Uba Sani, over the allegations that he inherited $587million, N85billion debts and 115 contract liabilities from the past administration.
Sani, during a town hall meeting held in Kaduna on Saturday, told the audience that the huge debt burden he inherited from the El-Rufai administration is hampering his government from performing, as it is eating deep into the State’s allocations from the Federal government.
He also attributed the non-payment of salaries of civil servants to the debt burden that has been placed on the State.
He stressed that N7billion out of the N10billion federal allocation for the State in March was deducted at source, leaving it with only N3billion, which he said is not enough to pay salaries of N5.2 billion.
“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. We have conducted a thorough assessment of our situation and are sharpening our focus accordingly” Gov Sani had told the gathering.
However, while reacting to the allegations against his father, Bashir said Sani is economical with the truth. He also accused the governor of incompetence and poor performance while surrounding himself with incompetent aides appointed for political patronage.
In a series of posts on his X account late Saturday, Bashir said instead of admitting his incompetence, Sani only resorted to deflecting by raising alarm on a debt burden inherited from the El-Rufai administration.
He went on to question what he referred to as Sani’s wisdom in building a banquet hall for N7 billion while lamenting about debt left by the previous administration.
“These guys have realised that they are wholly incompetent and the only way to mask the nonsense is to deflect,” Bashir wrote on one of the tweets.
“From a Governor that is always sleeping in Abuja to a litany of incompetent aides that were only rewarded for foolish political reasons,” he said.
“One would think that from all the FAAC allocations these unserious clowns have changed to dollars, debt would be the least of their problems
“The current administration in Kaduna is building a banquet hall for 7BN naira and is lamenting about debt left by the previous administration,” he stated in another tweet.
