THE Kaduna State Governor, Senator Uba Sani has dismissed attack by the son of the immediate-past governor, Nasir El-Rufai, Bashir.
This was as Governor Sani’s spokesman, Alhaji Mohammed Shehu, told this newspaper that the governor would not dignify Bashir’s attack with a response.
The Kaduna State governor had, on Saturday, during a Town Hall Meeting, lamented the huge debt inherited from his predecessor, El-Rufai.
Sani said the state was left with a lean purse and too broke to pay workers’ salaries.
The governor said El-Rufai left him $587m, N85bn and 115 contractual liabilities.
“Despite the huge debt burden of $587m, N85bn, and N115bn 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,” Sani had said.
However. Governor Sani’s spokesman told this newspaper that the governor would not reply El-Rufai’s son, who took to X to attack the governor over the state’s debt profile.
El-Rufai’s son, Bashir, on his social media handle, accused his father’s successor Sani, of shying away from his responsibility by always staying away from the state and hibernating in Abuja.
The young El-Rufai accused the governor of surrounding himself with a retinue of incompetent aides appointed for political patronage.
However, when asked to react to Bashir’s claim, the governor’s spokesman maintained that his principal had stated the obvious on the financial status of the state.
“The task ahead of us is enormous and we won’t trade that for trivialities. His Excellency Senator Uba Sani has categorically stated the true financial status of the state,” Shehu said.
