Tag: Shehu Sani

‘Tinubu escaped poisonous knife’ – Shehu Sani 

Aminu Imam

Former Kaduna Central Senator, Shehu Sani, has disclosed that President Bola Tinubu dodged a “poisonous knife.” Sani said Tinubu dodged a poisonous knife through his appointments of the Secretary to the State Government, SGF, and Chief of Staff, CoS), by not appointing former Gocernor of Kaduna State, Nasir el-Rufa’i.. While Tinubu appointed former Interior Minister, George Akume as the new SGF, he also made the Speaker of the House of Representatives, Femi Gbajabiamila as his CoS. However, Sani said Tinubu would have caused discord between him and Vice President Kashim…

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“Tell Nigerians what Buhari left for you”, Shehu Sani to Tinubu

Aminu Imam

Former lawmaker, Shehu Sani has implored President Bola Tinubu to tell the nation about the state of things under his predecessor, Muhammadu Buhari. He urged Tinubu to shun party solidarity and tell the country the truth about what he inherited from Buhari’s administration. Sani claimed it was unfair to ask poor Nigerians to make sacrifices without knowledge of details of what happened under the last administration. The social critic’s demands were contained in a post via his verified Twitter handle on Saturday. Sani tweeted: “The Tinubu Government must set aside…

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Defense Spending: ‘Buhari wasted over $20bn on Security’, Shehu Sani alleges

Aminu Imam

Former lawmaker Senator Shehu Sani has alleged that President Muhammadu Buhari’s government wasted more money but failed to secure the lives of Nigerians. According to him, about $20billion was budgeted for Defence in the eight years of President Buhari’s administration. He lamented that over 63,000 people were killed despite the huge budget deployed to the defence sector in the current administration. He tweeted: “About twenty billion dollars was budgeted for Defence in the eight years of this administration and over 63 thousand people were killed in the same period, going…

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Kaduna: Shehu Sani urges APC to stop intimidating opposition parties

Aminu Imam

… Kicks, as Nigerian Police arrest PDP Campaign Director, 2 others A former Senator in the 8th Assembly, Shehu Sani, has urged the ruling All Progressives Congress, (APC) to stop intimidating the opposition parties. According to Senator Sani, who represented Kaduna-Central Senatorial district, the ruling party is currently attempting to use security as a means of intimidating members of the opposition because of Saturday’s governorship and House of Assembly polls. He said the security agents also arrested two other youth leaders, identified as El Abbas Muhammed and Talib Muhammed. The…

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“Buhari’s Gov’t promised to lift 100m Nigerians but threw 133m into poverty” – Shehu Sani

Aminu Imam

Senator Shehu Sani has mocked the present administration for failing to lift one million Nigerians out of poverty, and instead threw 133 millions into abject poverty. Recall that President Muhammadu Buhari had unveiled the government’s plans to lift 100 million Nigerians out of poverty by 2030. The Permanent Secretary, Ministry of Labour and Employment, Ms. Kachollum Daju, had told newsmen in September that the Federal Government planned lifting was attainable, if stakeholders played their expected roles effectively. But the National Bureau of Statistics (NBS) announced Thursday that the number of…

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“El-Rufa’i is contributing to insecurity in Kaduna State” – Shehu Sani

Aminu Imam

A former Senator representing Kaduna-Central district, Shehu Sani, has said that Kaduna State governor, Nasir Ahmed el-Rufa’i, is a major contributing factor to the security challenges being experienced in the State. The often-times controversial ex-Senator, who stated this during a television programme at the weekend, said el-Rufa’i’s memo to President Muhammadu Buhari about the deteriorating security in the State was only an attempt to exonerate himself from the problem. Sani, who said the letter was the Governor’s admission of failure, added that there is nothing new in the letter that…

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‘Don’t retire to Katsina after your tenure’, Shehu Sani warns Buhari

Aminu Imam

..Says Buhari’s govt. is deceitful about restructuring The former Senator who represented Kaduna-Central senatorial district at the National Assembly, Shehu Sani, has warned President Muhammadu Buhari not to retire to his hometown of Daura in Katsina State, at the end of his tenure due to the insecurity level in the state. The former legislator, who gave the warning on Thursday via his Twitter handle, said he was worried by the spate of insecurity in the State as well as the North-West region which had led to the killing of over…

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Kaduna Guber: Shehu Sani joins race, says, “I’ll clean up el-Rufai’s mess”

Aminu Imam

Senator Shehu Sani has indicated his interest to join the Kaduna State Governorship race in the forthcoming 2023 general election. The lawmaker, who represented Kaduna-Central between 2015 and 2019, disclosed this during an interview on a radio station in Kaduna. In a veiled reference to Governor Nasir el-Rufa’i, he said anyone who insults and embarrasses the people is not worth being in power because respecting human beings is very important in religion. He said it is left for the Peoples Democratic Party, (PDP), to unite its members, to ensure that…

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‘Security chiefs building personal business with arms funds’, Shehu Sani alleges

Aminu Imam

Former Senator Shehu Sani has accused security chiefs of funneling funds meant for prosecuting the war against terrorists, bandits and other criminal elements, into building their personal business empires. The former lawmaker, who stated this when he featured on a teevision programme at the weekend, lamented the lingering security challenges in the country, saying citizens were being massacred daily because security agents and the government of the day had become hopeless and helpless. According to him, the level of killing was too high for government to talk about providing infrastructure…

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Electronic transmission of election results: ‘NASS has created three electoral bodies’ – Shehu Sani

Aminu Imam

Former senator, Shehu Sani, has stated that the National Assembly has created three electoral bodies, which is INEC, NCC and themselves by its rejection of the electronic transmission of election results. The former Senator, who represented Kaduna-Central in the 8th Senate between 2015 and 2019, stated this in a radio current affairs programme in, Osogbo, Oaun State on Friday. Sani, who expressed disappointment at the turn of events noted that it was sad, unfortunate and tragic that the National Assembly can be so divided on a very important issue. According…

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