A former Senator who represented Kaduna Central, Shehu Sani, has claimed nobody listened to himwhen he opposed former governor Nasir El-Rufai’s acquisition of loans, Kaduna State.
According to him, the state would not have found itself enmeshed in a multi-million dollar debt burden.
Governor Uba Sani had mentioned that his administration inherited a significant debt of $587 million, N85 billion, and 115 billion Contractual Liabilities from the previous administration.
This debt burden has made it difficult for the current administration to pay salaries.
Sani while speaking with newsmen said he was insulted for rejecting the $350 million World Bank loan request by the then El-Rufai administration, saying “the hour of reckoning has come for every citizen of the state.”
“I was insulted for saying no to that loan. The hour of reckoning is here for every person in Kaduna state.
“Just like the way Lot (in the Bible) warned people, prophets of the past warned people, but they refused to hear…”
“In the same way, I warned the people of this state, but they were told that the money will bring paradise , land of milk and honey.”
“Today, you can see the problems at hand as far as that loan was concerned. If you look at what I said about this state, there has never been any of my predictions that has not come to pass..Today the state is strangulated because of that money which we couldn’t pay,” he said.
