In an interview with the BBC Hausa service in Kaduna at the weekend, he wondered why a whopping N7 billion was budgeted for the conference, while only a paltry N2 billion was given to three North-Eastern states grappling with terrorism and insurgency.
Kwankwaso stated that the President, Goodluck Jonathan hurriedly organised the conference because he was short of ideas on how to run the country.
He alleged that the motive behind the confab was to open old wounds with a clear intent to cause confusion in the polity.
The governor said he only allowed delegates from his state of Kano to attend the confab so that they too would, be part of the audience in a Broadway-like theatre.
Kwankwaso who has left the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, for the All progressive Congress, APC, described the dialogue as a waste of time, observing that “you see an Igbo insulting a Hausa, Yoruba insulting Fulani, a Christian talking against a Muslim and vice versa”.
He said that what Nigeria needs is a change in leadership with people of integrity to steer the ship of the state, and not a government that has failed and is still coming up with ideas that would not augur well for Nigeria’s unity and corporate existence in the long run.
The Kano chief executive predicted that the conference will end up as a talk show where billions of naira that could have been spent on meaningful projects, would go down the drain.
Do you agree with him????
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