Kebbi govt accuses Malami of politicising UNDP poverty report

The Kebbi State Government has criticised African Democratic Congress, ADC, governorship campaigner Abubakar Malami implicit his usage of a United Nations Development Programme, UNDP, poorness study to criticise Governor Nasir Idris’s medication up of the 2027 elections.

The Commissioner for Information and Culture, Yakubu Ahmed-BK, stated this connected Sunday successful Birnin Kebbi portion responding to Malami’s comments connected poverty, insecurity and h2o scarcity successful the state.

Ahmed-BK accused Malami, a erstwhile Attorney-General of the Federation, of selectively presenting the report, which reportedly ranked Kebbi among Nigeria’s poorest states, without considering the play covered by the information oregon the government’s ongoing interventions.

“The question is not whether poorness exists successful Kebbi; the question is what caused it, who had the accidental to code it, and what is being done contiguous to flooded it. Poverty is simply a superior societal challenge, not a governmental trophy to beryllium brandished for electoral advantage,” Ahmed-BK said.

He challenged Malami to ...