‘You’re always sleeping in Abuja’ — El-Rufai’s son blast Gov Sani over $587m, N85bn debt claim

Bashir, son of Nasir el-Rufai, former governor of Kaduna, has
criticised Uba Sani, his father’s successor, for his remarks on the “huge debt
profile” he inherited.

Speaking during a town hall meeting in Kaduna on Saturday,
the governor said he inherited a debt burden of $587 million, N85 billion and
115 contractual liabilities from the el-Rufai administration.

He said his government is unable to pay workers’ salaries
due to the inherited debt, adding that the debt burden is eating deep into the
state’s coffers.

Reacting to the governor’s statement, Bashir said Sani’s
administration is suffering from incompetence and mismanagement.

Before succeeding Nasir el-Rufai as governor in May 2023,
Sani represented the Kaduna central senatorial district at the red chamber from
2019 to 2023.