Senator representing Borno South in the National Assembly Senator Ali Ndume has denied insinuation that the North has been shortchanged in this year’s budget The fire brand politician who was fielding questiona from Newsmen on the issue that the South West and South and South have been prioritized to the detriment of the North ,in terms of number of projects described the story as fake news
The Senator explained that there is no way North will be marginalized in the scheme of things in view of the number of Northerners that are holding positions in the present administration
He described he himself Minister of Defence, Agriculture, Water Resources, Speaker House of Representatives, Deputy Senate President and host of others
Hence according to him they would not allowed such to happen
If one could recall stories of recent have indicated that some Northerners have been expressing reservation over the lopsidedness in the number of projects allotted to each geo political zone which according to them despite the number of votes the region gave to the president, is playing second fiddle to the aforementioned zones describing the situation as unbecoming
