The senator representing Niger East senatorial district on the Nationwide Meeting, Mohammed Sani Musa has come below assault from numerous quarters over his touch upon the 2025 budgetary allocation to the highway linking Baro Port from Agaie within the Niger South senatorial district of the state.
Contributing to plenary debate final week, Senator Sani Musa was quoted to have made contentious remarks in regards to the 2025 federal price range allocations for Niger state in a viral video.
The senator who can be Chairman Senate Committee on Finance, within the video clip was seen condemning the proposed N50 billion allocation for the Baro-Kachia-Agaie highway in Niger South senatorial district.
Senator Sani Musa had argued that each one highway tasks in Niger state are concentrated in a single place whereas dismissing the Baro Port space as having no one on that highway and that nothing is at Baro Port.
In an announcement issued by the chairman Niger South Stakeholders Discussion board, Dr. Mohammed Okay. Santuraki (Santurakin Nupe), the stakeholders rejected his claims as “damaging hyperbole,” stressing that highway networks are crucial to activating the Baro Port’s potential.
“For an inland port to thrive, you want viable entry routes. Dismissing these tasks as ‘unfair’ just because they’re exterior his constituency is unbecoming of a pacesetter with statewide affect,” Santuraki said.
The stakeholders urged Musa to leverage his position as finance committee chair to advocate for extra tasks in Niger East moderately than publicly attacking allocations to different districts.
Reacting, nonetheless, Senator Sani Musa disclaimed the contents of the viral video as false narrative in opposition to his remark.
“My consideration has been drawn to the deliberate misrepresentation of my touch upon the ground of the Senate concerning the disproportionate allocation of highway tasks within the 2025 price range.
“To set the report straight, my concern was about equity and the necessity for strategic prioritization of highway infrastructure primarily based on {economic} viability, haulage and vehicular visitors,” he defined.
He mentioned , “The 2025 price range allocates roughly N4.3 trillion for highway tasks, but solely the Agaie-Katcha-Baro Highway was included for Niger State, with an allocation of lower than 1 / 4 of a billion naira—an quantity grossly insufficient for developing any significant kilometers of highway.
“I questioned the rationale behind chosen this highway over others with considerably increased visitors and {economic} significance, similar to Minna-Suleja, Jebba-Mokwa-Makera-Tegina (resulting in Birnin Gwari and Kaduna), and Bida-Lambata roads.”