The Northern Progressives Coalition on Thursday hailed the administration of President Bola Tinubu for initiating policies that have positively transformed the region’s education system, including 101 Almajiri centres.
The commendation was given during the endorsement of Tinubu and Vice President Kashim Shettima at a press conference in Abuja.
Addressing journalists, NPC’s Convener, Usman Abdullahi, described the current administration as “the most dependable leadership” in Nigeria’s 65-year post-independence history.
Among other things, Abdullahi outlined sweeping education reforms as a major achievement of the current administration.
He said, “The National Student Loan Scheme, financing over 396,000 students, has seen Northern students account for 55 per cent of beneficiaries, receiving over N45bn of the N77bn disbursed by NELFUND.
“Education reforms have been a cornerstone, with over 120 learning centres established across Northern senatorial districts, equipped with solar power and safe water systems.
“The partnership with the Universal Basic Education Commission has revitalised 101 Almajiri and Tsangaya education centres in states like Bauchi, Niger, Kaduna, and Kano.”
Continuing, he credited the government with triggering a “socio-political renaissance” that has begun to correct decades of systemic neglect in the North.
Beyond education, Abdullahi cited several infrastructure and economic empowerment projects as evidence of the administration’s commitment to regional development.
He identified them as the ₦740.79bn Abuja-Kaduna-Zaria-Kano Road, the 1,068km Sokoto-Badagry Highway, and the ₦305bn Abuja-Lokoja-Benin Road dualisation.
Calling for continuity in 2027, Abdullahi said, “No other president-vice president pairing has understood the North’s developmental needs like Tinubu and Shettima,” crediting Shettima’s deep insight as a former governor and banker.
The coalition also urged better accountability from Northern appointees to ensure that they serve with integrity and focus on regional upliftment.
“The North has suffered enough from political manipulation and economic sabotage. We are no longer at the margins but at the epicentre of governance.
“Yet, in less than two years, Tinubu and Shettima have brought a ray of hope, delivering visionary policies that prioritise the North as a crucial pillar in Nigeria’s national architecture.
“For the first time, Northern technocrats occupy strategic portfolios in security, commerce, oil regulation, and education reform, not as tokens but as co-architects of Nigeria’s renaissance,” Abdullahi added.
He concluded by rallying traditional leaders, governors, lawmakers, youths, and civil society across the region to embrace and amplify the “Renewed Hope for the Northern Renaissance” agenda, advocating for a renewed Tinubu-Shettima mandate in 2027.
