Stakeholders from Nigeria’s northern minority communities have expressed firm support for President Bola Ahmed Tinubu, saying that his administration has brought inclusion, development and stability to regions historically sidelined from national consideration.
Speaking under the aegis of the Northern Minority Political Coalition (NMPC), the group said it was unperturbed by criticisms trailing the president, describing such sentiments as disconnected from the current realities of governance and national development.
The coalition, which comprises prominent figures from Kaduna, Plateau, Taraba, Benue, Nasarawa, Gombe, and Bauchi states, insisted that their people are neither confused nor manipulated, but are instead direct beneficiaries of policies and interventions under Tinubu’s administration.
They affirmed that under no circumstance would they return to what they called the era of political exclusion and administrative silence.
Senior Special Assistant to the governor of Kaduna state on Public Affairs, Hon. Victor Mathew Bobai, described the federal projects established in Southern Kaduna as unprecedented.
He referenced the University of Applied Sciences in Kachia with Bishop Matthew Hassan Kukah as pro-chancellor, and the establishment of a Federal Medical Centre in Kafanchan as evidence of genuine development.
He added that the appointments of Rt. Hon. Yakubu Dogara and Mrs. Lydia Kalat Musa into strategic federal positions reflect the renewed confidence in the capacity of northern minorities.