Nasir el-Rufai, Kaduna State Governor, has accused the three
senators representing the state of working against a World Bank loan
request by the state government, saying they are useless and ignorant. The governor made the comment on Friday, five weeks after the
senators — Shehu Sani (Kaduna Central), Sulieman Hukunyi (Kaduna North),
and Danjuma Leah (Kaduna South) — blocked a $350m loan request by the
Kaduna government, according to a report by The Cable.
The state had sought to get the facility from the World Bank but
the federal lawmakers said the loan would erode the economic viability
of the state.
But el-Rufai, while speaking at the inauguration of the All
Progressives Congress’ campaign for the local government election in the
state at the Kaduna Township Stadium, described the lawmakers as the
enemies of democracy.
The governor, who spoke in Hausa, told the thousands of people at
the venue that the senators conspired to stop his government from
obtaining the loan to build infrastructure and develop the state.