The many lies of Sokoto State APC

In an effort to shield the government of Sokoto! state, Ameenu Mohammed, Senior Special Assistant (SA) to Governor Ahmad Aliyu on Print Media derailed from the known facts and extensively fabricated lies in blowing the trumpet of his serving master.

Ameenu Muhammed takes any good observation or analysis that points the error of the Sokoto state government as an attack on the government without being aware of the freedom of speech Act that gave the citizens of Nigeria the opportunity to make constructive criticism on any government as a path setter.

In a response to PDP party Press Release accounting to the Sokoto State government campaign promises, the SA on print media played his tantrum and amusingly danced to his beats alone. Instate of Ameenu to say it right, he beat around the bush and crafted more lies than truth. Rather than say things that can add integrity and trust on his master, he celebrated the lapses of the Government and dragged the name of the Governor in dirty mud.

The SA said, “Within its 100 days in office, the Ahmed Aliyu-led administration has executed more road projects than the 8 years Tambuwal administration spent deceiving the electorate.” A statement that holds no water because Ahmad Aliyu patched roads only in the Sokoto state metropolis not far and beyond the city.

For not making good research before he writes, Ameenu Mohammed asked a crystal fact as a question on how the previous governor of Sokoto state fought insecurity in the state but asked, “How many vehicles did Tambuwal purchase for security agencies in his 8 years?” This question is glaring and doesn’t need waste of time to answer as Sanator Aminu Waziri Tambuwal purchased 98 hilux and distributed to security agencies in January, 2020. You can go to this site to attest to this fact, https://tribuneonlineng.com/banditry-tambuwal-donates-98-vehicles-to-security-agencies-in-sokoto/

In less than two years again, former governor of Sokoto state purchased 143 operational patrol vehicles and 550 bikes to curb insecurity in the state. A gigantic effort that no any state apart from Maiduguri did in fighting banditry and terrorism in the North. ( people can search this site to know how PDP lies in Sokoto state in deceiving: https://newtelegraphng.com/sokoto-inaugurates-693-patrol-vehicles-bikes-to-fight-banditry/). Also, another donation of 15 cars to Operation Puff Ader II was made to assist their zeal of tackling the insecurity pit-poles in the state, see evidence: https://wwwthisdaylive. com/indexphp/2021/03/02/insecurity-tambuwal-launches-puff-adder-ii-donates-15-patrol-vehicles?amp=1). There are many evidences than these which exposed the skeleton in the cupboard of the APC in their quest to smother PDP in Sokoto state.

The provided evidences signified the Sokoto state APC a symbol of propaganda and unmasked the SA to be an under the shadow journalist that makes no research before he writes.

On roads construction, the SA on print media said, “Talking about road rehabilitation, reconstruction and rebuilding, the Tambuwal administration spent 8 years but everyone can count the number of road projects it executed.” And I said what cannot be counted is not feasible and that is why the present Governor cannot account for his exuberant spending in the state. A call for EFCC to swift into action because their is no proper documentation of expenditure in the government of Sokoto state.

The SA wrote; “Apart from the few road projects the PDP executed, the quality of work done is still questionable despite the huge amount it claimed to have spent.” These are blatant hype of airways without footprint of truth forgetting that the previous governor spent N10.2bn in 2020 for construction of 2 flyovers and dualisation of roads in the city. The governor spent N3.4bn in 2022 for the construction of roads in the 23 local governments of the state unlike the present government that only concentrates on the center. However, the Sanator Aminu Waziri Tambuwal’s government spent N1.2b on link-roads construction. The roads include; Bako Hospital-Tsohon Gida-EasternBypass roads, Kantin Sani-Tsohon Gida junction road and Murtala Muhammed Specialist Hospital- Sabon Gida road. These works gave sufficient answers to the questions of Ameenu Mohammed.

Forgetting that Aminu Waziri Tambuwal’s first tenure was ran during :economic meltdown of COVID-19 but nothing changed in all the eight years of his leadership in providing good governance for the people of Sokoto State. Unlike other states that reduced the size of civil servants and primary school teachers, the Aminu Waziri Tambuwal government approved the study opportunity for all the teaching staff of Sokoto State to become qualify teachers, and the SA couldn’t find a sight breath to praise Tambuwal for that magnanimous effort.

The many lies of Sokoto State APC

To add more wings to education in the state, the former governor got a new university for the state, and by declaring state of emergency on education sector, Tambuwal built new schools, renovated many and upgraded some to cater for the educational needs of the state. Projecting 29 percent in 2016 budget on education testified the efforts made by Tambuwal on lifting educatioal standard in Sokoto state.

APC government in Sokoto State thinks that it is business all the time, the party wants to continue with its propaganda of blackmailing and image denting of the opposition parties as it brainwashed the people of the state on insecurity issue before 2023 election, now that it is APC ruling the state, what has changed regarding insecurity in the governor’s hands? Only the efforts of the security agents in Sokoto state is commendable.

In extravagant manner, the Sokoto State governor prioritized buying cars more than any project. The governor is to purchase personal cars for ₦1.1bn in a time that the people are in abject poverty and needs socio-economic projects. In an unequal leadership; the government spent N20.3 billion on Camry cars for APC women alone. This is a good evidence on how Sokoto state is preferential in its leadership as recently distributed palliatives were given to only the party members in the state.

To tract the record of APC, people who have passion for the state will not rest at akimbo to watch propaganda reign the state as patriotic people within and outside the state will keep lending their constitutional rights to expose the anomalies of APC in Sokoto for the government to give all the promises made to them. While, the people await Ameenu Muhammed to retract, tailor records and tender apology to the good people of Sokoto state for taking them for a ride, Ameenu will also make research a cardinal pillar in his journalism profession before putting a pen on the paper to cover his master rather than muster the government on ridicule.

Auwal Ahmed Ibrahim Goronyo is a journalist and political analyst from Kaduna state, can be reached on auwalgoronyo@gmail.com