Former Kano State Governor, Rabiu Kwankwaso, has accused the Federal Government of undermining constitutional democracy by excluding the state from the recent distribution of rice palliatives to 36 states of the federation.

Kwankwaso, presidential candidate of the New Nigeria Peoples Party (NNPP), expressed disappointment that Kano’s share was instead “handed over to members of the All Progressives Congress (APC)”, while calling on President Bola Tinubu to intervene and stop what he described as “a blatant act of partisanship.” He made this statement in a post on the X platform, using @KwankwasoRM on Monday.

Kwankwaso said: “For the last one week, I have been in Kano, and sadly I noted with great disappointment the Federal Government’s distribution of rice palliative to 35 states all through their governors, except Kano State in the whole federation. Kano’s share was handed over to APC stalwarts to handle.”

This is a gross insult to our constitutional democracy and driving partisanship too far. I call on Mr. President to immediately halt this naked derailment of democracy.”

He also expressed concerns about the recent reshuffling of DSS officials in the state, stating, “I have also noted with great concern that within a span of just two weeks, three different State Directors of DSS were posted and reposted out of Kano, and we are still counting. Without doubt, this is negatively affecting the security of the state.”

On Sunday, the Deputy Senate President, Senator Barau Jibrin, disclosed that President Tinubu was not satisfied with the previous distribution of palliatives to the needy in the country toward easing hardship. According to him, Tinubu’s dissatisfaction informed his decision to reconstitute a committee for the distribution of palliatives to get to the needy.