President Bola Tinubu’s media team toured Federal and State infrastructure projects in Kaduna, lauding Governor Uba Sani’s aggressive use of boosted Federal funds to deliver on roads, hospitals, and skills training amid warnings of opposition plots to derail Nigeria’s young democracy.
Led by Bayo Onanuga, the President’s Special Adviser on Information and Strategy, the group inspected the 35-kilometer Gadan-Gayam, Gwaraji, and Kujama roads—now linking 76 farming communities across Igabi, Kajuru, and Chikun local government areas—as well as a multi-billion-naira skills acquisition center and the new 300-bed Bola Tinubu Specialist Hospital.
Other team members included Sunday Dare, special adviser on media and public communications; Tunde Rahman, senior special assistant on media and special duties; Otega Ogra, senior special assistant on digital engagement; and Tope Ajayi, senior special assistant on media and publicity.
The visit, organized by Governor Hope Uzodimma’s Renewed Hope Ambassadors network, also drew officials from the Federal transport and works Ministries, plus Abdullahi Tanko Yakasai, President Tinubu’s Senior Special Assistant for North-West community engagement.
At a State banquet attended by over 50 journalists, Onanuga credited Kaduna’s infrastructure surge to President Tinubu’s fiscal reforms, which have ramped up allocations to states.
“The scale and pace here reflect deliberate deployment of those resources,” he said, citing road builds, urban renewal, and public-service upgrades as proof of point.
“Governor Sani isn’t an armchair critic—he’s delivering.”
Onanuga pledged to inform President Tinubu that Kaduna is putting federal money to work, ending decades-long isolation for some communities.
Governor Sani, a former human rights activist, urged vigilance against “desperate” opposition elements peddling “self-serving narratives” to grab power and truncate democracy.
Recalling his own detention under military rule—and the assassinations of journalists like Bagauda Kaltho and Dele Giwa—he stressed collective defense of constitutional rule.
“We fought for this,” Sani said, thanking Onanuga, Dare, and Rahman for past pro-democracy advocacy.
The tour wrapped with a stop at the Kaduna-Kano-Jigawa-Katsina-Maradi rail line, where project officer Abdullahi Yakubu reported 68% completion on the 203-kilometer Kaduna-to-Kano stretch.
A key bridge linking Rigasa to Afaka-Mando remains the main hurdle, with full operations targeted for December 2026.
