{"id":71653,"date":"2025-07-29T13:03:50","date_gmt":"2025-07-29T13:03:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/?p=71653"},"modified":"2025-07-29T13:03:50","modified_gmt":"2025-07-29T13:03:50","slug":"northern-leaders-convene-in-kaduna-to-assess-tinubus-two-year-administration","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/2025\/07\/29\/northern-leaders-convene-in-kaduna-to-assess-tinubus-two-year-administration\/","title":{"rendered":"Northern Leaders Convene in Kaduna to Assess Tinubu’s Two-Year Administration"},"content":{"rendered":"

By Onyeanya Ebere Immaculata <\/strong><\/p>\n

Prominent political, traditional, and business leaders from Northern Nigeria converged in Kaduna on Tuesday, July 29, 2025, to conduct a comprehensive assessment of President Bola Tinubu\u2019s administration, two years into his tenure.<\/span> President Tinubu assumed office on May 29, 2023.<\/span><\/p>\n

The pivotal meeting is being held at the historic Arewa House, once the official residence of the late Premier of Northern Nigeria, Sir Ahmadu Bello. The two-day summit was organized by the Sir Ahmadu Bello Memorial Foundation, a respected socio-political think tank dedicated to championing the ideals of the late Sardauna.<\/span> The Foundation has a well-established history of engaging constructively with successive federal administrations.<\/p>\n

Under the theme \u201cAssessing Electoral Promises: Fostering Government-Citizen Engagement for National Unity,\u201d the summit has drawn a diverse array of participants from all 19 Northern states and the Federal Capital Territory. Attendees include former governors, ex-ministers, revered traditional rulers, technocrats, religious leaders, and civil society stakeholders, underscoring the significant weight the North places on its role in national affairs under President Tinubu\u2019s leadership.<\/span> The gathering is set to continue on Wednesday.<\/p>\n

While the event’s official tone is measured and geared towards constructive dialogue, sources indicate that underlying concerns, particularly over perceived marginalization in federal appointments, project implementation, and resource allocation within the region, are likely to dominate informal discussions and behind-the-scenes conversations.<\/p>\n

Speaking ahead of the gathering, the Foundation\u2019s Director-General, Abubakar Gambo Umar<\/b>, described the meeting as a continuation of Northern Nigeria\u2019s tradition of constructive engagement with the federal government.<\/p>\n

\u201cThis landmark session builds on our October 2022 engagement, where key presidential candidates, including then-candidate Tinubu, presented their manifestos and made development pledges to the region,\u201d Umar stated.<\/span><\/p>\n

He added, \u201cWith President Tinubu now two years in office, this forum offers a timely opportunity to review those promises, strengthen dialogue between government and citizens, and clarify the administration\u2019s policy direction.\u201d Umar emphasized that this review would serve as a \u201ccritical litmus test\u201d of the federal government\u2019s responsiveness to the region\u2019s socio-economic and security challenges.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

By Onyeanya Ebere Immaculata Prominent political, traditional, and business leaders from Northern Nigeria converged in Kaduna on Tuesday, July 29, 2025, to conduct a comprehensive assessment of President Bola Tinubu\u2019s administration, two years into his tenure. President Tinubu assumed office on May 29, 2023. The pivotal meeting is being held at the historic Arewa House, […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":29,"featured_media":71654,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[186],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-71653","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-politics"],"aioseo_notices":[],"amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/71653","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/29"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=71653"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/71653\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":71655,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/71653\/revisions\/71655"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/71654"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=71653"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=71653"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=71653"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}