The Minister of State for Housing and City Improvement, Yusuf Abdullahi Ata, has strongly criticized the 2023 presidential candidate of the New Nigeria Peoples Party (NNPP), Rabiu Musa Kwankwaso over his latest feedback on President Bola Tinubu’s declaration of a state of emergency in Rivers State.
Sunday Telegraph recollects that Kwankwaso in response to the emergency rule described the declaration as unconstitutional and warned that it might set a precedent for a tradition of impunity.
Reacting to Kwankwaso’s remark, the Minister defended the President’s determination, asserting that it was taken in the perfect curiosity of nationwide stability and safety.
He emphasised that the state of emergency was meant to revive and preserve regulation and order in Rivers State amidst extended political turmoil.
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Ata additionally recommended each chambers of the Nationwide Meeting for his or her swift approval of the proclamation. Nonetheless, he accused Kwankwaso of a flawed understanding of regulation and governance.
Recalling Kwankwaso’s tenure as governor of Kano State, Ata alleged that the previous governor had fostered a tradition of political intimidation, significantly by his dealings with lawmakers, and had persistently disregarded legislative independence and the rule of regulation.
Additional, Ata lambasted Kwankwaso for interfering within the emirship tussle in Kano, pointing to the state authorities’s ongoing disregard for court docket orders.
The minister warned that such actions undermining conventional establishments and judicial processes have contributed to political rigidity and public dissatisfaction in Kano.
Ata known as on Kwankwaso to chorus from making unfounded statements on nationwide points, particularly regarding President Tinubu’s constitutional prerogative to declare a state of emergency when vital.
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